Home › Words › H › happenerhappenerhappener means one who participates in a happening.EtymologyFrom happen + -er.nounOne who participates in a happening.A person who makes things happen.e.g.“Goodparley says, 'O no and in deed he aint hes bettern clevver hes a mover hes a happener. […]'” — 1998, Russell Hoban, Riddley Walker, page 118:A person to whom things happen.e.g.“"No way! He's not one of these people that do things. There's two kinds of people—the doers and the happeners. He's a happener. You know, things happen to him instead."” — 1984, Rex Burns, Strip Search: A Gabe Wager Mystery, page 23:An event that is expected to happen; a plan that is likely to succeed.e.g.“The planned access via Netizen appears not to be a happener.” — 1999 November 21, “AGP Zero Tolerance Policy?”, in alt.gothic.pretentions (Usenet):Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.participator 62% match — one who participates, a participant vs happener →happenable 56% match — Capable of happening. vs happener →behappen 55% match — To happen to, to befall. vs happener →experiencer 55% match — A person who experiences. vs happener →partaker 54% match — One who partakes of something. vs happener →participantly 54% match — In a participant manner; as a participant. vs happener →enabler 53% match — One who or that which helps something to happen. vs happener →enacter 53% match — One who enacts. vs happener →