Synonyms for carrier
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kar-ee-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær i ər |
Top 10 synonyms for carrier
Définition of carrier
Origin :- late 14c., agent noun from carry (v.). Meaning "person or animal that carries and disseminates infection without suffering obvious disease" is from 1899; genetic sense is 1933. As a short form of aircraft carrier it dates from 1917. Carrier pigeon is from 1640s.
- noun one who carries or transmits something
- noun a ship that carries airplanes
- The question was asked in a mild way as if he intended to help the carrier's memory.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- I desired the carrier to pay you, but as I mentioned only 15s.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- The carrier with whom I bargained did not take me; I fell out with him.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- One of them slipped up behind the carrier, and knocked him from his horse.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Those who did do it had fled, and, as the carrier had recognized him as in the party, he had been arrested.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- But you might as well have tried to wander a carrier pigeon.
- Extract from : « The Monkey That Would Not Kill » by Henry Drummond
- Carrier revealed his teeth in a smile of ineffable wickedness.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
- Of all that tirade, but one sentence had remained as if corroded into the mind of Carrier.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
- When Carrier learnt of it the things he said were less than ever fit for publication.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
- Carrier's pallor was of a grey-green from the rage that possessed him.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
Antonyms for carrier
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