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builder(spring, director, producer, author)
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conceiver
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patriarch(person, start, head, producer)
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progenitor
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agent(reason, element, matter, source)
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deviser(director, author, designer, creator)
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introducer(producer, author, founder, editor)
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mover(producer, author, founder, editor)
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pioneer(pronoun, sign, original, author)
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sire(head, boss, relative, producer)
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begetter(person, cause, foundation, relative)
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cause(person, reason, authority, source)
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causer
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discoverer(leader, creator, pioneer, inventor)
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innovator
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origin(person, cause, reason, authority)
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original(pronoun, precursor, forerunner, ancestor)
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ancestor
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antecedent(cause, sign, reason, authority)
3
beginner
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APASmart Define. (2016). originator thesaurus. Retrieved September 29, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/originator/thesaurus/synonyms
ChicagoSmart Define. 2016. "originator thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/originator/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 29, 2026).
HarvardSmart Define 2016, originator thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 29 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/originator/thesaurus/synonyms>.
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