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communicator

UK/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtə/US/kəˈmjunɪkeɪtɚ/
nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,510 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: communicators

A communicator is somebody good at getting a message across. A great communicator, a natural communicator, a skilled communicator.

It is a term of praise in politics and management, and it says nothing about whether what is communicated is true. Ronald Reagan was called the Great Communicator, and the phrase has attached itself to the job ever since.

Definitions of communicator

  1. 1nouncommunicatorSomebody good at getting a message across.B2+

    “She's a great communicator who can explain complicated ideas in simple words.”

communicator is a person.

Where it comes from

From communicate, from Latin communicare, to share, from communis, common.

  1. Latin

    commūnicātor — partner, sharer, participant

  2. English, today

    communicator

From communicate + -or, after Latin commūnicātor (“partner, sharer, participant”); compare Middle French communicateur (“sharer, participant”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

communicator in the wild

  • The communicator is a fictional device used for voice communication in the fictional universe of Star Trek.

    Communicator (Star Trek)

  • The communicator allows direct contact between individuals or via a ship's communication system.

    Communicator (Star Trek)

  • Indonesia being one of the largest market share for Nokia's communicator series is cited as a reason for the unit's first launch location.

    Nokia E90 Communicator

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

  • communicate
  • communication