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carrier
Overview of noun carrier
The noun carrier has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (3) carrier, bearer, toter -- (someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier")
2. (3) carrier -- (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business")
3. (3) aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier -- (a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings)
4. (1) carrier -- (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)
5. (1) carrier, common carrier -- (a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages)
6. carrier wave, carrier -- (a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal)
7. mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier -- (a man who delivers the mail)
8. carrier, newsboy -- (a boy who delivers newspapers)
9. carrier, immune carrier -- ((medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others)
10. carrier -- (a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like)
11. carrier -- ((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/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun carrier
11 senses of carrier
Sense 1
carrier, bearer, toter
=> traveler, traveller
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
carrier
=> self-propelled vehicle
=> wheeled vehicle
=> vehicle
=> conveyance, transport
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier
=> warship, war vessel, combat ship
=> ship
=> vessel, watercraft
=> craft
=> vehicle
=> conveyance, transport
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> military vehicle
=> vehicle
=> conveyance, transport
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
carrier
=> chemical, chemical substance
=> material, stuff
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
carrier, common carrier
=> business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
=> enterprise
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
carrier wave, carrier
=> radio wave, radio emission, radio radiation
=> electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation
=> radiation
=> energy
=> physical phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 7
mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier
=> deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
=> employee
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 8
carrier, newsboy
=> deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
=> employee
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 9
carrier, immune carrier
=> immune
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> vector, transmitter
=> agent
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 10
carrier
=> rack
=> framework, frame, framing
=> supporting structure
=> structure, construction
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 11
carrier
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun carrier
3 of 11 senses of carrier
Sense 5
carrier, common carrier
=> line
Sense 9
carrier, immune carrier
HAS INSTANCE=> Mallon, Mary Mallon, Typhoid Mary
Sense 10
carrier
=> bomb rack
=> luggage carrier
=> luggage rack, roof rack
=> ski rack
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun carrier
11 senses of carrier
Sense 1
carrier, bearer, toter
=> traveler, traveller
Sense 2
carrier
=> self-propelled vehicle
Sense 3
aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier
=> warship, war vessel, combat ship
Sense 4
carrier
=> chemical, chemical substance
Sense 5
carrier, common carrier
=> business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
Sense 6
carrier wave, carrier
=> radio wave, radio emission, radio radiation
Sense 7
mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier
=> deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
Sense 8
carrier, newsboy
=> deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
Sense 9
carrier, immune carrier
=> immune
=> vector, transmitter
Sense 10
carrier
=> rack
Sense 11
carrier
=> organism, being
Antonyms of noun carrier
Member Holonyms of noun carrier
Substance Holonyms of noun carrier
Part Holonyms of noun carrier
Member Meronyms of noun carrier
Substance Meronyms of noun carrier
Part Meronyms of noun carrier
1 of 11 senses of carrier
Sense 3
aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier
HAS PART: arrester, arrester hook
HAS PART: flight deck, landing deck
Meronyms of noun carrier
1 of 11 senses of carrier
Sense 3
aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier
HAS PART: arrester, arrester hook
HAS PART: flight deck, landing deck
Holonyms of noun carrier
Attributes of noun carrier
Derived Forms of noun carrier
7 of 11 senses of carrier
Sense 1
carrier, bearer, toter
RELATED TO>(verb) carry#1
=> transport, carry
Sense 2
carrier
RELATED TO>(verb) carry#1
=> transport, carry
Sense 3
aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier
RELATED TO>(verb) carry#1
=> transport, carry
Sense 5
carrier, common carrier
RELATED TO>(verb) carry#1
=> transport, carry
Sense 6
carrier wave, carrier
RELATED TO>(verb) carry#3
=> conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel
Sense 9
carrier, immune carrier
RELATED TO>(verb) carry#18
=> carry
Sense 10
carrier
RELATED TO>(verb) carry#5
=> carry
Domain of noun carrier
2 of 11 senses of carrier
Sense 9
carrier, immune carrier
TOPIC>(noun) medicine#1, medical specialty#1
Sense 11
carrier
TOPIC>(noun) genetics#1, genetic science#1
Domain Terms of noun carrier
Familiarity of noun carrier
carrier used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =11)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun carrier
11 senses of carrier
Sense 1
carrier, bearer, toter
> traveler, traveller
=> absentee
=> air traveler, air traveller
=> arrival, arriver, comer
=> astronaut, spaceman, cosmonaut
=> business traveler
=> carrier, bearer, toter
=> companion, fellow traveler, fellow traveller
=> entrant
=> flier, flyer
=> follower
=> foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander
=> hosteller
=> messenger, courier
=> migrant, migrator
=> motorcyclist
=> mover
=> musher
=> passenger, rider
=> pedestrian, walker, footer
=> raftsman, raftman, rafter
=> rider
=> rider
=> runner
=> scourer
=> swimmer, natator, bather
=> tourist, tourer, holidaymaker
=> transient
=> trekker
=> visitor, visitant
=> voyager
=> wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage
=> wayfarer, journeyer
HAS INSTANCE=> Polo, Marco Polo
Sense 2
carrier
> self-propelled vehicle
=> armored vehicle, armoured vehicle
=> carrier
=> forklift
=> locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive
=> motor vehicle, automotive vehicle
=> personnel carrier
=> reconnaissance vehicle, scout car
=> recreational vehicle, RV, R.V.
=> streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car
=> tracked vehicle
=> tractor
=> weapons carrier
Sense 3
aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier
> warship, war vessel, combat ship
=> aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier
=> battleship, battlewagon
=> capital ship
=> corvette
=> cruiser
=> destroyer, guided missile destroyer
=> destroyer escort
=> frigate
=> frigate
=> guard ship
=> ironclad
=> man-of-war, ship of the line
=> privateer
=> sloop of war
=> submersible, submersible warship
=> surface ship
=> three-decker
=> torpedo boat
Sense 4
carrier
> chemical, chemical substance
=> explosive
=> reactant
=> Alar, daminozide
=> carrier
=> bactericide, bacteriacide
=> carbon tetrahalide
=> soil conditioner
=> fertilizer, fertiliser, plant food
=> flux
=> fumigant
=> herbicide, weedkiller, weed killer
=> intermediate
=> fraction
=> larvicide
=> pesticide
=> product
=> restrainer
=> stabilizer
=> softener
Sense 5
carrier, common carrier
> business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
=> agency
=> brokerage
=> carrier, common carrier
=> chain
=> firm, house, business firm
=> franchise, dealership
=> manufacturer, maker, manufacturing business
=> partnership
=> processor
=> shipbuilder
=> underperformer
Sense 6
carrier wave, carrier
> radio wave, radio emission, radio radiation
=> sky wave
=> ground wave
=> radio signal
=> carrier wave, carrier
=> short wave
=> medium wave
=> long wave
Sense 7
mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier
> deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
=> carrier, newsboy
=> coalman
=> grocery boy
=> iceman
=> mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier
=> milkman
=> paperboy
Sense 8
carrier, newsboy
> deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
=> carrier, newsboy
=> coalman
=> grocery boy
=> iceman
=> mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier
=> milkman
=> paperboy
Sense 9
carrier, immune carrier
> immune
=> carrier, immune carrier
> vector, transmitter
=> transducing vector, gene delivery vector
=> carrier, immune carrier
Sense 10
carrier
> rack
=> barbecue, barbeque
=> bicycle rack
=> carrier
=> coatrack, coat rack, hatrack
=> dish rack
=> hayrack
=> pipe rack
=> plate rack
=> tie rack
=> toastrack
=> towel rack, towel horse
Sense 11
carrier
> organism, being
=> benthos
=> heterotroph
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
=> plant, flora, plant life
=> conspecific
=> carrier
=> denizen
=> amphidiploid
=> diploid
=> haploid
=> heteroploid
=> polyploid
=> animalcule, animalculum
=> microorganism, micro-organism
=> aerobe
=> anaerobe
=> hybrid, crossbreed, cross
=> polymorph
=> relative, congener, congenator, congeneric
=> plankton
=> nekton
=> parasite
=> host
=> commensal
=> myrmecophile
=> eukaryote, eucaryote
=> prokaryote, procaryote
=> zooid
=> clone, clon
=> atavist, throwback
=> individual
=> mascot
=> mutant, mutation, variation, sport
=> postdiluvian
=> sitter
=> stander
=> utterer, vocalizer, vocaliser
=> nonvascular organism
=> relict
=> saprophyte, saprophytic organism
=> saprobe
=> katharobe
Meronyms of noun carrier
11 senses of carrier
Sense 1
carrier, bearer, toter
=> traveler, traveller
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 2
carrier
=> self-propelled vehicle
=> wheeled vehicle
HAS PART: axle
HAS PART: brake
HAS PART: splasher
HAS PART: wheel
HAS PART: felloe, felly
HAS PART: rim
=> vehicle
HAS PART: splashboard, splasher, dashboard
=> conveyance, transport
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 3
aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier
HAS PART: arrester, arrester hook
HAS PART: flight deck, landing deck
=> warship, war vessel, combat ship
HAS PART: conning tower
HAS PART: naval gun
=> ship
HAS PART: bay
HAS PART: bilge pump
HAS PART: bilge well
HAS PART: bulkhead
HAS PART: bulwark
HAS PART: cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, hold, storage area
HAS PART: crow's nest
HAS PART: davit
HAS PART: deck
HAS PART: fin
HAS PART: forecastle, fo'c'sle
HAS PART: funnel
HAS PART: galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse
HAS PART: gyrostabilizer, gyrostabiliser
HAS PART: gyroscope, gyro
HAS PART: helm
HAS PART: log
HAS PART: log line
HAS PART: lubber's hole
HAS PART: porthole
HAS PART: deadlight
HAS PART: ratline, ratlin
HAS PART: ridge rope
HAS PART: riding bitt
HAS PART: screw, screw propeller
HAS PART: sea anchor, drogue
HAS PART: sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
HAS PART: skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe
HAS PART: spar
HAS PART: stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail
HAS PART: escutcheon
HAS PART: skeg
HAS PART: superstructure
HAS PART: top
HAS PART: topside
HAS PART: winch, windlass
=> vessel, watercraft
HAS PART: anchor, ground tackle
HAS PART: fluke, flue
HAS PART: shank, stem
HAS PART: bilge
HAS PART: bilge keel
HAS PART: bow, fore, prow, stem
HAS PART: hull
HAS PART: keel
HAS PART: fin keel
HAS PART: keelson
HAS PART: rib
HAS PART: rider plate
HAS PART: rudder
HAS PART: rudder blade
HAS PART: rudderpost, rudderstock
HAS PART: tiller
HAS PART: wale, strake
HAS PART: washboard, splashboard
=> craft
=> vehicle
HAS PART: splashboard, splasher, dashboard
=> conveyance, transport
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
=> military vehicle
=> vehicle
HAS PART: splashboard, splasher, dashboard
=> conveyance, transport
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 5
carrier, common carrier
=> business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
HAS MEMBER: division
=> enterprise
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Sense 6
carrier wave, carrier
=> radio wave, radio emission, radio radiation
=> electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation
HAS PART: photon
Sense 7
mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier
=> deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
=> employee
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 8
carrier, newsboy
=> deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
=> employee
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 9
carrier, immune carrier
=> immune
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 10
carrier
=> rack
=> framework, frame, framing
HAS PART: backing, mount
HAS PART: brace, bracing
=> supporting structure
=> structure, construction
HAS PART: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
HAS PART: plate
HAS PART: structural member
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 11
carrier
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun carrier
Grep of noun carrier
aircraft carrier
armored personnel carrier
armoured personnel carrier
attack aircraft carrier
ball carrier
car carrier
carrier
carrier bag
carrier electrophoresis
carrier pigeon
carrier wave
common carrier
hod carrier
immune carrier
letter carrier
luggage carrier
mail carrier
personnel carrier
spear carrier
troop carrier
weapons carrier
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