holder

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

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Senses

a holding device

a towel holder

a person who holds something

they held two hostages

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'

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	hold up
1	hypernym	Types & categories	holding device
1	hyponym	Types & categories	candlestick
1	hyponym	Types & categories	cigarette holder
1	hyponym	Types & categories	keyboard
1	hyponym	Types & categories	thole
1	hyponym	Types & categories	zarf
2	hypernym	Types & categories	possessor
2	hyponym	Types & categories	ticket holder
2	hyponym	Types & categories	bondholder
2	hyponym	Types & categories	cardholder
2	hyponym	Types & categories	cardholder
2	hyponym	Types & categories	incumbent
2	hyponym	Types & categories	jobholder
2	hyponym	Types & categories	landowner
2	hyponym	Types & categories	leaseholder
2	hyponym	Types & categories	mortgagee
2	hyponym	Types & categories	officeholder
2	hyponym	Types & categories	policyholder
2	hyponym	Types & categories	slaveholder
2	hyponym	Types & categories	tenant
3	derivation	Related & opposite	hold
3	hypernym	Types & categories	capitalist