MANUFACTURER

Pronunciation (US):

• MANUFACTURER (noun)
  The noun MANUFACTURER has 2 senses:

1. a business engaged in manufacturing some product
2. someone who manufactures something

  Familiarity information: MANUFACTURER used as a noun is rare.

• MANUFACTURER (noun)

Meaning:

A business engaged in manufacturing some product

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

manufacturer; manufacturing business; maker

Hypernyms ("manufacturer" is a kind of...):

business; business concern; business organisation; business organization; concern (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manufacturer"):

armorer; armourer (a manufacturer of firearms)

bottler (a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages)

auto maker; auto manufacturer; automaker; car maker; car manufacturer; carmaker (a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles)

computer business (a business that manufactures and sells computers)

Meaning:

Someone who manufactures something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

producer; manufacturer

Hypernyms ("manufacturer" is a kind of...):

maker; shaper (a person who makes things)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manufacturer"):

sericulturist (a producer of raw silk)

food manufacturer (a person who manufactures food products)

distiller (someone who distills alcoholic liquors)

brewer (the owner or manager of a brewery)

arms manufacturer (someone who manufactures arms and munitions)

Instance hyponyms:

Cyrus Hall McCormick; Cyrus McCormick; McCormick (United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884))

John Mercer; Mercer (British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866))

Isaac M. Singer; Isaac Merrit Singer; Singer (United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875))

Eli Whitney; Whitney (United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825))