bell ringer

1. 1.

   a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)

   Synonymstollerringer

   Broadersignaler
2. 2.

   someone who plays musical handbells

   Broadermusician
3. 3.

   something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal

   “the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer”

   “scored a bull's eye”

   “hit the mark”

   “the president's speech was a home run”

   Synonymsbull's eyemarkhome run

   Broadersuccess

   trope

Questions about bell ringer

What does bell ringer mean?

bell ringer means "a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bell ringer?

Close synonyms include toller, ringer, bull's eye, mark, home run. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bell ringer a common word?

bell ringer is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.