Synonyms

provider

American

[pruh-vahy-der] / prəˈvaɪ dər /

noun

a person or thing that provides.
a person who supports a family or another person.

Other Word Forms

nonprovider noun

Etymology

Origin of provider

First recorded in 1515–25; provide + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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VPN speeds depend on multiple factors — some of which are out of the VPN provider’s hands, such as your local network conditions.

From Salon

What parents and healthcare providers should know about the challenges they face and how to help.

From Los Angeles Times

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the lone dissenter, frames Colorado’s law as prohibiting merely “a dangerous therapy modality that, incidentally, involves provider speech.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Weeks of evidence presented to the court showed how the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday paid large sums to a network of information providers to help journalists write stories.

From BBC

Investors didn’t get what they were hoping for on Tuesday when the energy provider failed to announce new data-center deals at a highly awaited investor event.

From Barron's

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