bearer
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone whose employment involves carrying something
the bonds were transmitted by carrier
Types & categories
- traveler hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a messenger who bears or presents
a bearer of good tidings
Types & categories
- messenger hypernym
Related & opposite
- bear derivation
Sense 3 noun
one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
Types & categories
- mourner hypernym
Related & opposite
- bear derivation
Sense 4 noun
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
the bond was marked `payable to bearer'
Types & categories
- capitalist hypernym
Related & opposite
- hold derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bear |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | carry |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lug |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | traveler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bear |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | messenger |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bear |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mourner |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hold |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | capitalist |