COMMON CARRIER Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the phrase common carrier. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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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) | ||||||
