Word family noun invention inventiveness inventor adjective inventive verb invent reinvent adverb inventively
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinventorin‧ven‧tor /ɪnˈventə $ -ər/ noun [countable] INVENTsomeone who has invented something, or whose job is to invent thingsExamples from the Corpus
inventor• Franklin was a scientist, an inventor, and a statesman.• The patent lists six inventors who worked on the system.• Marconi was the inventor of radio.From Longman Business Dictionaryinventorin‧ven‧tor /ɪnˈventə-ər/ noun [countable] a person who makes or designs something for the first timeJames Dyson, the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner 