Impure drinking water can be a carrier of diseases.
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Carrier
//ˈkæɹ.ɪ.ə//
Synonyms for "carrier" (209 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (63)
communicabilitycontagioncontagiousnesscontaminationconveyanceconveyercooliecorsetcouriercrookcruisercrutchcryptogenic infectioncupbearerdakelhdiplomatic courierdirect infectiondraymandroplet infectiondust infection
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electric waveelectromagnetic waveemissaryenvoyepidemiologyestafetteexpressexpressmanflattopfoundation garmentfreighterfulcrumganymedegirdlego betweengo-betweenground wavegun bearerguyguywirehand infectionhaulerhebehermeshertzian wavehigh-frequency wavehomerhoming pigeonindirect infectioninfectioninfectiousnessinternuncioirisjockjockstrapking of doosletter carrierlitter-bearer
Related words (104)
long wavelow-frequency wavemailmail carmail coachmail packetmail trainmail truckmailermailmanmailplanemainstaymaintainermastmechanical vectormedium of transportationmercurymessagemessage-bearermessenger
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microwavenecknunciopacket boatpaul reverepheidippidesphytogenic infectionpigeon postporterpostpost boatpost carpost coachpost-horsepost-office carpostboyposterpostriderprimary infectionproppyogenic infectionradio waverailway mail carredcapreinforcereinforcementreinforcerrestresting placeriggingrunnerseaplane carriersecondary infectionshield-bearershippershortwaveshouldershroudsky waveskycapspinespritstaffstanding riggingstavestaystevedorestickstiffenerstrengthenerstretcher bearerstretcher-bearersubclinical infectionsupportsupportersustainertaintthe water bearertransmittertransporttransportertruck drivertruckerupholdervectorvehiclevesselviruswagonerwalking stickwater boywater carrierwaterborne infectionwatercraftwavelengthzoogenic infection
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72 entriesShowing 16 of 72 words.
Synonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
5 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
7 entriesis a
10 entriesrelated to
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
Translations
94 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- حَامِل noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
- حَمَلَة noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
- مَوْجَة حامِلة noun (signal modulated to transmit information)
- نَاقِل noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
Belarusian
3 entries- но́сьбіт noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- пераво́знік noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
- пераво́зчык noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
Bulgarian
4 entries- носа́ч noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- носи́тел noun (signal modulated to transmit information)
- превозва́ч noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- превозва́ч noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
Catalan
4 entries- portador noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- portador noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
- portadora noun (signal modulated to transmit information)
- portadora noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- باربەر noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 攜帶者 /携带者 noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- 攜帶者 /携带者 noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
Czech
4 entries- bacilonosič noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
- dopravce noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
- nosič noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- nosný signál noun (signal modulated to transmit information)
Dutch
3 entries- drager noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- drager noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
- vervoerder noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
Finnish
4 entries- kantaja noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- kantoaalto noun (signal modulated to transmit information)
- kuljetustoimisto noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
- kuljetusväline noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
French
1 entries- porteuse noun (signal modulated to transmit information)
Galician
1 entries- transportista noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
Georgian
1 entries- მატარებელი noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
German
4 entries- Frachtunternehmen noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
- Transportunternehmen noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
- Träger noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- Träger noun (signal modulated to transmit information)
Greek
4 entries- κομιστής noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- μεταφορέας noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- μεταφορέας noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
- φορέας noun (signal modulated to transmit information)
Hebrew
2 entries- נשא noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
- נשאית noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
Hindi
1 entries- कहार noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
Ingrian
1 entries- kantaja noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
Macedonian
4 entries- амал noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- носач noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- превозник noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
- пренесувач noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
Māori
2 entries- kaitiki noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- kaitītaritari noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- حمال noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
Polish
4 entries- nosiciel noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
- nosicielka noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
- nośnik noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- nośnik noun (signal modulated to transmit information)
Portuguese
4 entries- carregador noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- portador noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- portador noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
- portadora noun (signal modulated to transmit information)
Romanian
1 entries- semnal purtător noun (signal modulated to transmit information)
Russian
4 entries- несу́щая частота́ noun (signal modulated to transmit information)
- несу́щий сигна́л noun (signal modulated to transmit information)
- носи́льщик noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- носи́тель noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- neach-giùlain noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
Slovak
3 entries- bacilonosič noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
- dopravca noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
- nosič noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
Spanish
4 entries- compañía de transportes noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
- empresa de transportes noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
- portador noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
- portadora noun (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms)
Swahili
1 entries- mchukuzi noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
Turkish
1 entries- hamal noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
Ukrainian
3 entries- носи́тель noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- носі́й noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
- переві́зник noun (company in the business of shipping freight)
Yiddish
1 entries- טרעגער noun (person or object that carries someone or something else)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Written words, carrier pigeons, the telegraph, and many other devices carried ideas faster and faster from man to man.
Source: tatoeba (320052)
The mail carrier delivers mail from door to door.
Source: tatoeba (324564)
Has the letter carrier been by yet?
Source: tatoeba (542032)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.