1. carrier - noun
· someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"
Hypernym(s): traveler, traveller
2. carrier - noun
· a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"
Hypernym(s): self-propelled_vehicle
3. carrier - noun
· a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
Synonym(s): aircraft_carrier, flattop, attack_aircraft_carrier
Hypernym(s): warship, war_vessel, combat_ship
4. carrier - noun
· an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction
Hypernym(s): chemical, chemical_substance
5. carrier - noun
· a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
Synonym(s): common_carrier
Hypernym(s): business, concern, business_concern, business_organization, business_organisation
6. carrier - noun
· a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
Synonym(s): carrier_wave
Hypernym(s): radio_wave, radio_emission, radio_radiation
7. carrier - noun
· a man who delivers the mail
Synonym(s): mailman, postman, mail_carrier, letter_carrier
Hypernym(s): deliveryman, delivery_boy, deliverer
8. carrier - noun
· a boy who delivers newspapers
Synonym(s): newsboy
Hypernym(s): deliveryman, delivery_boy, deliverer
9. carrier - noun
· (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
Synonym(s): immune_carrier
Hypernym(s): immune, vector, transmitter
10. carrier - noun
· a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
Hypernym(s): rack
11. carrier - noun
· (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring
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