prime movernoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌpraɪm ˈmuː.vər/us/ˌpraɪm ˈmuː.vɚ/someone who has a lot of influence in starting something important:
He was a prime mover in developing a new style of customer-friendly bookshops in the UK.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuate
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- fuel
- instigate
- instigator
- introduce
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
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