GENERATOR: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for GENERATOR?

Need another word that means the same as “generator”? Find 25 synonyms and 30 related words for “generator” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Generator” are: author, source, motive, motivation, impetus, driving force, incentive, impulse, cause, prime mover, reason, origin, fountain, fount, beginning, root, basis, writer, composer, designer, deviser, maker, inventor, producer, developer

Generator as a Noun

Definitions of "Generator" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “generator” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A routine that constructs other routines or subroutines using given parameters, for specific applications.
• A dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into electricity.
• An apparatus for producing gas, steam, or another substance.
• An electronic device for producing a signal voltage.
• Engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction.
• A person or thing that generates something.
• A point, line, or surface regarded as moving and so notionally forming a line, surface, or solid.
• Someone who originates or causes or initiates something.
• An apparatus that produces a vapor or gas.

Synonyms of "Generator" as a noun (25 Words)

author	The writings produced by a particular author. I had to read authors I disliked.
basis	The justification for or reasoning behind something. The basis of this drink is orange juice.
beginning	The event consisting of the start of something. He left at the beginning of February.
cause	Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results. Forty five causes were entered in the list for the March session.
composer	Someone who composes music as a profession. Mozart was her favourite composer.
designer	Someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings. He is believed to be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack.
developer	Photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film. Software developers.
deviser	A person who makes plans.
driving force	The act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal.
fount	A spring or fountain. Our courier was a fount of knowledge.
fountain	A natural spring of water. Little fountains of dust.
impetus	Something that makes a process or activity happen or happen more quickly. The ending of the Cold War gave new impetus to idealism.
impulse	A change of momentum produced by an impulse equivalent to the average value of the force multiplied by the time during which it acts. He bought it on an impulse.
incentive	A positive motivational influence. Give farmers an incentive to improve their land.
inventor	Someone who is the first to think of or make something.
maker	A business engaged in manufacturing some product. A cabinetmaker.
motivation	A set of facts and arguments used in support of a proposal. Escape can be a strong motivation for travel.
motive	A theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music. He acted with the best of motives.
origin	Properties attributable to your ancestry. Jupiter was the origin of the radiation.
prime mover	The period of greatest prosperity or productivity.
producer	A person or thing that makes or causes something. A record producer.
reason	A justification for something existing or happening. Giles is the reason that I am here.
root	Any plant grown for its root. In the sequence the roots of the chords drop by fifths.
source	The place where something begins, where it springs into being. Military sources announced a reduction in strategic nuclear weapons.
writer	A person who has written something or who writes in a particular way. A CD writer.

Usage Examples of "Generator" as a noun

• He was the generator of several complaints.
• A report generator.

Associations of "Generator" (30 Words)

adapter	A musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance. The adapter converts the lens focal length to 5 5 mm.
antifreeze	A liquid, typically one based on ethylene glycol, that can be added to water to lower the freezing point, chiefly used in the radiator of a motor vehicle. Formulating antifreezes and de icers for railways is no easy job.
battery	A series of small cages for the intensive rearing of farm animals, especially calves and poultry. Children are given a battery of tests.
charger	Formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle.
dam	Obstruct with or as if with a dam. Discussion was in full flow and refused to be dammed.
detroit	The largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor.
diesel	A heavy petroleum fraction used as fuel in diesel engines. A diesel locomotive.
dynamo	A machine for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, typically by means of rotating coils of copper wire in a magnetic field. She was a dynamo in London politics.
electric	The system of electric wiring and parts in a house or vehicle. Gave an electric reading of the play.
electricity	The supply of electric current to a building for heating, lighting, or powering appliances. The atmosphere was charged with a dangerous sexual electricity.
electrolyte	The ionized or ionizable constituents of a living cell, blood, or other organic matter. The proper amount and distribution of electrolytes in the body is essential for health.
engine	A fire engine. The roar of a car engine.
galvanic	Affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling. A searing galvanic experience.
heat	The amount of heat that is needed to cause a specific process or is evolved in such a process. Chilli peppers add taste and heat to food.
hydroelectric	Relating to or denoting the generation of electricity using flowing water (typically from a reservoir held behind a dam or barrage) to drive a turbine which powers a generator. Economic and environmental aspect of the hydroelectric scheme.
kilowatt	A measure of one thousand watts of electrical power.
locomotive	Of or relating to locomotion. A diesel locomotive.
motor	Driven by a motor. The sander has a smooth and powerful 520 watt motor.
oil	Oil paint. 400 birds were coated with oil which spilled out from an opened valve.
powerhouse	An electrical generating station. Germany s economic powerhouse.
propulsion	The act of propelling. They dive and use their wings for propulsion under water.
recharge	(of a person) return to a normal state of mind or strength after a period of exertion. The rate at which the aquifer recharges naturally.
reservoir	A large or extra supply of something. An infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival.
ride	A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement. He rides the subway downtown every day.
steam	Travel by means of steam power. He steamed his shirts to remove the odour.
streetcar	A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity.
thermoelectric	Involving or resulting from thermoelectricity.
turbine	A machine for producing continuous power in which a wheel or rotor, typically fitted with vanes, is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, air, or other fluid.
vaporizer	A device that generates a particular substance in the form of vapour, especially for medicinal inhalation.
watt	The SI unit of power, equivalent to one joule per second, corresponding to the rate of consumption of energy in an electric circuit where the potential difference is one volt and the current one ampere.