receiver

1. 1.

   set that receives radio or tv signals

   Synonymsreceiving system

   Broaderset

   Narrowerdirection finderradio receiversatellite receivertelevision receiver

   Partsantennaradio chassis
2. 2.

   (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties

   Synonymsliquidator

   Broaderfiduciary

   law

3. 3.

   earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds

   Synonymstelephone receiver

   Broaderearphone

   Narrowerheadset

   Part oftelephone
4. 4.

   a person who receives something

   Synonymsrecipient

   Broaderacquirer

   Narroweraddresseealieneeannuitantassigneebeneficiaryborrowerconfereeconsigneedependantgrantee
5. 5.

   the tennis player who receives the serve

   Broadertennis player
6. 6.

   a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass

   Synonymspass receiverpass catcher

   Broaderfootball player

Other forms of receiver

plural

receivers·

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 receiver

What does receiver mean?

receiver means "set that receives radio or tv signals". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in receiver?

receiver has 3 syllables: re-cei-ver. The stress falls on "cei". In IPA it is /ɹəˈsivɚ/.

What is another word for receiver?

Close synonyms include receiving system, liquidator, telephone receiver, recipient, pass receiver. 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 receiver a common word?

receiver 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.