carrier

1. 1.

   someone whose employment involves carrying something

   “the bonds were transmitted by carrier”

   Synonymsbearertoter

   Broadertraveler
2. 2.

   a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something

   “refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business”

   Broaderself-propelled vehicle
3. 3.

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

   Synonymsaircraft carrierflattopattack aircraft carrier

   Broaderwarship

   Partsarresterflight deck
4. 4.

   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

   Broaderchemical
5. 5.

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

   Synonymscommon carrier

   Broaderbusiness

   Narrowerline
6. 6.

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

   Synonymscarrier wave

   Broaderradio wave
7. 7.

   a man who delivers the mail

   Synonymsmailmanpostmanmail carrierletter carrier

   Broaderdeliveryman
8. 8.

   a boy who delivers newspapers

   Synonymsnewsboy

   Broaderdeliveryman
9. 9.

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

   Synonymsimmune carrier

   Broaderimmunevector

   NarrowerMallon

   medicine

10. 10.

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

    Broaderrack

    Narrowerbomb rackluggage carrierluggage rackski rack
11. 11.

    (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

    Broaderorganism

    genetics

Other forms of carrier

plural

carriers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about carrier

What does carrier mean?

carrier means "someone whose employment involves carrying something". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in carrier?

carrier has 3 syllables: car-ri-er. The stress falls on "car". In IPA it is /ˈkæɹiɚ/.

What is another word for carrier?

Close synonyms include bearer, toter, aircraft carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier. 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 carrier a common word?

carrier is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.