'Interpreter' definitions:
Definition of 'interpreter'
From: WordNet
noun
Someone who mediates between speakers of different languages [syn: interpreter, translator]
noun
Someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles"
noun
An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government" [syn: spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice]
noun
(computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time [syn: interpreter, interpretive program]
Definition of 'Interpreter'
From: GCIDE
- Interpreter \In*ter"pret*er\, n. [Cf. OF. entrepreteur, L. interpretator.] One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties. [1913 Webster]
- We think most men's actions to be the interpreters of their thoughts. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'interpreter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allegorist,
- annotator,
- artist,
- artiste,
- cicerone,
- clarifier,
- commentator,
- concert artist,
- critic,
- cryptanalyst,
- cryptographer,
- cryptologist,
- decoder,
- definer,
- demonstrator,
- demythologizer,
- diaskeuast,
- dragoman,
- editor,
- emendator,
- emender,
- euhemerist,
- executant,
- exegesist,
- exegete,
- exegetist,
- explainer,
- explicator,
- exponent,
- expositor,
- expounder,
- go-between,
- guide,
- hermeneut,
- lexicographer,
- maestro,
- metaphrast,
- minstrel,
- minstrelsy,
- music maker,
- musician,
- oneirocritic,
- paraphrast,
- performer,
- player,
- scholiast,
- soloist,
- textual critic,
- translator,
- tunester,
- virtuosa,
- virtuoso