COMMON CARRIER Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the phrase common carrier. (close relations)
Definition of COMMON CARRIER
Best Alternative Words for COMMON CARRIER
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carrier | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone whose employment involves carrying something • a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something • a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings • 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 • a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal • a man who delivers the mail • a boy who delivers newspapers • (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others • 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 | ||||||||
conveyer | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who conveys (carries or transmits) • a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) | ||||||||
dispatcher | nounn | |||||||
noun • the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition • employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service | ||||||||
distributor | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who markets merchandise • a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion • a company that markets merchandise • electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence | ||||||||
freighter | nounn | |||||||
noun • a cargo ship | ||||||||
hauler | nounn | |||||||
noun • a haulage contractor | ||||||||
messenger | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who carries a message | ||||||||
mover | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • workman employed by a moving company • (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion • someone who moves • a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another | ||||||||
shipper | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who ships goods • a company in the business of shipping freight | ||||||||
transporter | nounn | |||||||
noun • a long truck for carrying motor vehicles • a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships • a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) |