Valuator

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A professional who measures the worth or significance of materials, objects, or services for economic, legal, or strategic reasons
2. Someone who assesses the monetary or intrinsic worth of assets, goods, or property
3. An individual responsible for determining the price or importance of items or services

Etymology: "Valuator" is built from "valuate," which is itself "value" plus the Latin-derived suffix "-ate," with the agent suffix "-or" added on the end. The base word "value" came into English from Old French, where it was the past participle of "valoir," meaning "to be worth," and it traces back to Latin "valere," "to be strong, be of worth." "Valuate" then took on the Latin-derived "-ate" ending, which in English verbs typically turns a noun or adjective into a verb meaning "to make or do something." The final "-or" comes from Latin "-tor," the suffix that marks a person who performs an action, and it reached English through Old French "-eor" and Middle English "-our." So a valuator is literally one who performs the act of valuing, the person who assigns the worth.

Synonyms: assessor, appraiser, evaluator, judge, critic

Antonyms: undervaluer, detractor, disparager, devaluer, rebuker