inventor

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 CorpusinventorFranklin 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