Synonyms for Carrier
ˈkær i ərcar·ri·er

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1. carrier, bearer, toternoun

   someone whose employment involves carrying something

   "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"

   Synonyms:
   flattop, holder, carrier, toter, attack aircraft carrier, immune carrier, aircraft carrier, carrier wave, bearer, mail carrier, common carrier, newsboy, letter carrier, mailman, postman, pallbearer

2. carriernoun

   a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something

   "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"

   Synonyms:
   flattop, toter, attack aircraft carrier, immune carrier, aircraft carrier, carrier wave, bearer, mail carrier, common carrier, newsboy, letter carrier, mailman, postman

3. aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carriernoun

   a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings

   Synonyms:
   flattop, carrier, toter, attack aircraft carrier, immune carrier, crew cut, aircraft carrier, carrier wave, bearer, mail carrier, common carrier, newsboy, letter carrier, mailman, postman

4. carriernoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   flattop, toter, attack aircraft carrier, immune carrier, aircraft carrier, carrier wave, bearer, mail carrier, common carrier, newsboy, letter carrier, mailman, postman

5. carrier, common carriernoun

   a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages

   Synonyms:
   flattop, carrier, toter, attack aircraft carrier, immune carrier, aircraft carrier, carrier wave, bearer, mail carrier, common carrier, newsboy, letter carrier, mailman, postman

6. carrier wave, carriernoun

   a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal

   Synonyms:
   flattop, toter, attack aircraft carrier, immune carrier, carrier, carrier wave, bearer, mail carrier, common carrier, newsboy, letter carrier, aircraft carrier, mailman, postman

7. mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carriernoun

   a man who delivers the mail

   Synonyms:
   flattop, toter, attack aircraft carrier, immune carrier, carrier, carrier wave, bearer, mail carrier, common carrier, newsboy, letter carrier, aircraft carrier, mailman, postman

8. carrier, newsboynoun

   a boy who delivers newspapers

   Synonyms:
   flattop, carrier, toter, attack aircraft carrier, immune carrier, aircraft carrier, carrier wave, bearer, mail carrier, common carrier, newsboy, letter carrier, mailman, postman

9. carrier, immune carriernoun

   (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others

   Synonyms:
   flattop, carrier, toter, attack aircraft carrier, immune carrier, aircraft carrier, carrier wave, bearer, mail carrier, common carrier, newsboy, letter carrier, mailman, postman

10. carriernoun

    a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like

    Synonyms:
    flattop, toter, attack aircraft carrier, immune carrier, aircraft carrier, carrier wave, bearer, mail carrier, common carrier, newsboy, letter carrier, mailman, postman

11. carriernoun

    (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

    Synonyms:
    flattop, toter, attack aircraft carrier, immune carrier, aircraft carrier, carrier wave, bearer, mail carrier, common carrier, newsboy, letter carrier, mailman, postman

Matched Categories

1. • Chemical
   • Deliveryman
   • Genetics
   • Organism
   • Rack
   • Self-propelled Vehicle
   • Traveler

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. carriernoun

   Synonyms:
   messenger, conveyer, porter, bearer, teamster

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "carrier":

   transporter, carriers, haulier, airline, bearer, hauler, conveyor, transporters, operator, vector, tanker, shipper, transport

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. carrier

   Synonyms:
   Chemistry Electron carrier

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1. Harry Harris:

   We could consider putting another (attack) submarine out there, we could put additional destroyers forward ...there are a lot of things we could do, short of putting a full carrier strike group in the Western Pacific.

2. Mayor Kenney:

   We used the National Guard in the civil unrest period to secure areas that needed to be secured from looting and burning, and it freed up the police to do other things, but to send in the National Guard and a troop carrier into a neighborhood in Philadelphia, to me, is not respectful to that neighborhood, number one. Number two, they are not capable or trained to do urban policing, or do policing of any kind.

3. Sushant Singh:

   The islands are used for military deployment and dominate the area, various Indian military leaders have described the islands as an ‘ unsinkable carrier. ’.

4. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly:

   FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2019, file photo, acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly testifies during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee about about ongoing reports of substandard housing conditions in Washington, on Capitol Hill. ( AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) After Croziersletter became public, Navy Secretary Thomas Modly then flew to the ship, at port in Guam, and delivered a speech to the crew in which Navy Secretary Thomas Modly lambasted Brett Crozier, saying Navy Secretary Thomas Modly was either too naive or too stupid to be in charge of an aircraft carrier -- or perhaps leaked the letter intentionally. Modly charged that Brett Crozier had allowed details of the ships operational security to become public, either recklessly or intentionally. If Brett Crozier [ Crozier ] didnt think, in my opinion, that this information [ the letter ] wasnt going to get out into the public, in this day and information age that we live in, then Brett Crozier was either A, too naive or too stupid to be a commanding officer of a ship like this, the alternative is that he did this on purpose.

5. Yvonne Chiu:

   All this new equipment -- fighter jets, carrier killing missiles, drones -- give China force projection capability. If all you need is regional defense you don't need all this, it signals China's ambition to be a global military force.