profiler noun4 •A person who creates a profile for something or someone, especially a psychological profile for an unknown criminal. •A device that analyzes something and builds up a profile. •A software program that measures the performance of different portions of another program in order to locate bottlenecks.[…] a complete and intuitive profiler that supports numerous types of profiling modes and profilable applications. — 2006 •A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern. formsprofilers