porter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
carry luggage or supplies
They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists
Types & categories
- carry hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
someone who guards an entrance
Types & categories
- guard hypernym
- commissionaire hyponym
- night porter hyponym
- ticket collector hyponym
Sense 4 noun
a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
Types & categories
- employee hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
Types & categories
- ale hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | port |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | porter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | laborer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | redcap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | skycap |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | porterage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | porter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | porterage |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | carry |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | guard |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | commissionaire |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | night porter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ticket collector |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | employee |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ale |