Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun editor

2 senses of editor

Sense 1
editor, editor in chief -- (a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine))
       => skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman -- (a worker who has acquired special skills)

Sense 2
editor program, editor -- ((computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data)
       => application, application program, applications programme -- (a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications")