Definition for Prime mover:

• In mech., a natural force applied to the production of power, such as muscular force, the weight and motion of fluids, & c.; an engine or piece of mechanism which receives and modifies force or motion in order to apply them to drive other machines.

Synonyms for Prime mover:

• n.

  •
  • magnate,
  • a force to be reckoned with,
  • mogul,
  • figure,
  • vip,
  • eminence.
  •architect (noun)
  • designer,
  • planner,
  • engineer,
  • builder,
  • inventor,
  • artist.
  •cause (noun)
  • instigation,
  • occasion,
  • explanation,
  • basis,
  • causation,
  • leaven,
  • determinants,
  • source,
  • motivations,
  • element,
  • mainsprings,
  • stimulation,
  • beginning,
  • inducement,
  • motivation,
  • matter,
  • grounds,
  • root,
  • agency,
  • antecedent,
  • genesis,
  • motive,
  • mainspring,
  • principle,
  • foundation,
  • doer,
  • consideration,
  • purpose,
  • end,
  • ground,
  • aim,
  • spring,
  • origins,
  • incitement,
  • determinant,
  • producer,
  • object,
  • Causations,
  • account.
  •creator (noun)
  • brain,
  • generator,
  • sire,
  • deity.
  •divinity (noun)
  • genius,
  • holiness,
  • celestial,
  • lord,
  • spirit,
  • godliness,
  • sanctity.
  •father/mother (noun)
  • motor,
  • leader,
  • matriarch,
  • sponsor,
  • elder,
  • organizer,
  • patron,
  • supporter,
  • administrator,
  • patriarch.
  •first cause (noun)
  • first cause.
  •founder (noun)
  • beginner,
  • constructor,
  • forebearer,
  • benefactor.
  •god (noun)
  • demon,
  • divine being,
  • omnipotent,
  • almighty,
  • master,
  • King of Kings,
  • tutelary,
  • yahweh,
  • Jah,
  • idol,
  • allah,
  • absolute being,
  • world spirit,
  • providence,
  • jehovah,
  • holy spirit,
  • power,
  • soul,
  • all knowing,
  • all powerful,
  • father,
  • totem.
  •motive power (noun)
  • electromotive force,
  • locomotion,
  • driving force,
  • motivity,
  • means of propulsion,
  • kinetic energy,
  • propulsion.
  •prime mover (noun)
  • Primum Mobile.
  •protagonist (noun)
  • principal,
  • hero,
  • lead,
  • lead character,
  • exemplar,
  • warrior,
  • central character,
  • standardbearer,
  • combatant,
  • protagonists.

• v.

  •cause (verb)
  • origin.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • leading light,
  • authority figure,
  • godfather,
  • nabob,
  • grandee,
  • big shot,
  • BMOC,
  • heavyweight,
  • big gun,
  • big wheel,
  • mover and shaker,
  • top banana,
  • Svengali,
  • kingmaker,
  • big noise,
  • kingpin,
  • bigwig,
  • goliath,
  • the big boys,
  • dignitary,
  • notables,
  • prince,
  • author,
  • big cheese,
  • eminence grise.
  •
  • establishment,
  • heavy hitter,
  • arbiter,
  • dean,
  • hitter.
  •
  • worthy,
  • number one.
  •
  • player.
  •
  • great.
  •
  • heavy.
  •Other relevant words:
  • operant,
  • persuader,
  • spark plug,
  • inspirer,
  • parent,
  • partaker,
  • performer,
  • gadfly,
  • craftsman,
  • grower,
  • mastermind,
  • catalyst,
  • impeller,
  • apprentice,
  • Inaugurator,
  • energizer,
  • subject,
  • coax,
  • precursor,
  • novelist,
  • party,
  • standard-bearer,
  • initial force,
  • practitioner,
  • conceiver,
  • executor,
  • abettor,
  • abetter,
  • wheedler,
  • executant,
  • Stimulator,
  • industrialist,
  • exponent,
  • fabricator,
  • instigator,
  • discoverer,
  • spark,
  • manufacturer,
  • wright,
  • Firer,
  • operator,
  • ancestors,
  • master craftsman,
  • Causer,
  • advocate,
  • Realizer,
  • actor,
  • contributor,
  • past master,
  • shaper,
  • executrix,
  • agent,
  • journeyman,
  • deviser,
  • artificer,
  • prompter,
  • smith,
  • raiser,
  • Power Source,
  • worker,
  • pleader,
  • medium,
  • inducer,
  • effector,
  • protagonist,
  • Participator,
  • animator,
  • engenderer,
  • motivator,
  • Cajoler,
  • moving spirit,
  • operative,
  • mainstay,
  • drive,
  • Well-spring,
  • organiser,
  • participant,
  • motive force,
  • backer,
  • sharer,
  • tempter,
  • coaxer,
  • galvanizer,
  • writer,
  • champion,
  • machine,
  • instrument,
  • perpetrator,
  • sparker,
  • mother,
  • actuator.