PALLBEARER Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word pallbearer. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for PALLBEARER
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| bearer | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone whose employment involves carrying something • a messenger who bears or presents • one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral • the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it | ||||||||
| attendant | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another • a person who is present and participates in a meeting • an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another adjective satellite • being present (at a meeting or event, etc.) • occurring with or following as a consequence | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| escort | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone who escorts and protects a prominent person • the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them • an attendant who is employed to accompany someone • a participant in a date verb • accompany as an escort • conduct someone someplace | ||||||||
