All initiator synonyms

noun initiator

• elder — (of one or more out of a group of related or otherwise associated people) of a greater age.
• builder — A builder is a person whose job is to build or repair houses and other buildings.
• encourager — One who gives encouragement.
• creator — The creator of something is the person who made it or invented it.
• organiser — Standard spelling of organizer.
• dean — A dean is an important official at a university or college.
• herald — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
• leader — a person or thing that leads.
• messenger — a person who carries a message or goes on an errand for another, especially as a matter of duty or business.
• matriarch — the female head of a family or tribal line.
• envoy — A messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission.
• motor — a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
• forebearer — Uncommon variant of forebear.
• organizer — a person who organizes, especially one who forms and organizes a group.
• foregoer — Alternative form of forgoer.
• patriarch — the male head of a family or tribal line.
• establisher — A person who establishes something.
• patron — (in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a boss; employer.
• promoter — a person or thing that promotes, furthers, or encourages.
• sponsor — a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
• supporter — a person or thing that supports.
• introducer — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
• mover — a person or thing that moves.
• promulgator — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
• publisher — a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
• forego — forgo.
• re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
• institutor — a person who institutes or founds.
• pacesetter — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
• stylist — a writer or speaker who is skilled in or who cultivates a literary style.
• trailblazer — a person who blazes a trail for others to follow through unsettled country or wilderness; pathfinder.