Unscramble carrier

Definition of carrier

noun:

• someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier". Synonyms: bearer, toter.
• a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business".
• a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings. Synonyms: aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop.
• 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.
• a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages. Synonyms: common carrier.
• a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal. Synonyms: carrier wave.
• a man who delivers the mail. Synonyms: letter carrier, mail carrier, mailman, postman.
• a boy who delivers newspapers. Synonyms: newsboy.
• (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others. Synonyms: immune carrier.
• a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like.
• (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.

Related words

line.

Words nearby

barrier, cartier, currier, farrier, harrier.

Rhymes with

barrier.