Scanner

//ˈskænɚ//

Synonyms for "scanner" (6 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

analyzer antenna

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)

digital scanner

Related words (3)

dislike

Noun(2 words)

electronic scanner image scanner

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

11 entries

data input device detector dish dish aerial dish antenna electronic device input device reader referee reviewer saucer

derived

25 entries

3D scanner CAT scanner X-ray scanner baggage scanner barcode scanner brain scanner chip scanner chromatoscanner full body scanner full-body scanner galvoscanner interscanner intrascanner medscanner microscanner millimeter wave scanner

Showing 16 of 25 words.

is a

5 entries

data input device detector dish electronic device reviewer

related to

20 entries

barcode data detect device diagnostic digital document frequencies iterate medium optic radiation radio receiver scan sequence

Showing 16 of 20 words.

used for

3 entries

put pictures on computer read barcodes scan paper based documents

Translations

85 translations across 39 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

مَاسِح noun (device which scans documents)
مَاسِح ضَوئِيّ noun (device which scans documents)

Armenian

1 entries

սկաներ noun (device which scans documents)

Belarusian

1 entries

ска́нар noun (device which scans documents)

Bulgarian

1 entries

ске́нер noun (device which scans documents)

Catalan

4 entries

escanista noun (one who scans)
escàner noun (device which scans documents)
escàner noun (device that uses radiation to produce images)
escàner noun (optical device)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

掃描器 /扫描器 noun (device which scans documents)

Czech

1 entries

skener noun (device which scans documents)

Dutch

3 entries

scanner noun (device which scans documents)
scanner noun (radio receiver)
scanner noun (optical device)

Esperanto

1 entries

skanilo noun (device which scans documents)

Estonian

2 entries

skaneerija noun (one who scans)
skanner noun (device which scans documents)

Finnish

4 entries

kuvanlukija noun (device which scans documents)
skannaaja noun (one who scans)
skannaava radio noun (radio receiver)
skanneri noun (device which scans documents)

French

3 entries

numériseur noun (device which scans documents)
scanner noun (device which scans documents)
scanneur noun (device which scans documents)

German

2 entries

Abtaster noun (device which scans documents)
Scanner noun (device which scans documents)

Greek

4 entries

ανιχνευτής noun (radio receiver)
ανιχνευτής noun (one who scans)
οπτικός σαρωτής noun (optical device)
σαρωτής noun (device which scans documents)

Hungarian

2 entries

lapolvasó noun (device which scans documents)
szkenner noun (device which scans documents)

Icelandic

1 entries

skanni noun (device which scans documents)

Indonesian

1 entries

pemindai noun (device which scans documents)

Italian

4 entries

lettore ottico noun (device which scans documents)
scanditore noun (device which scans documents)
scanner noun (device which scans documents)
scannerizzatore noun (device which scans documents)

Japanese

4 entries

スキャナ noun (device which scans documents)
スキャナー noun (device which scans documents)
広帯域受信機 noun (radio receiver)
断層撮影装置 noun (device that uses radiation to produce images)

Kazakh

2 entries

мәтіналғы noun (device which scans documents)
сканер noun (device which scans documents)

Korean

1 entries

스캐너 noun (device which scans documents)

Latin

1 entries

sarotis noun (device which scans documents)

Macedonian

2 entries

оптички читач noun (optical device)
скенер noun (optical device)

Malay

1 entries

pengimbas noun (device which scans documents)

Maltese

2 entries

skaner noun (device which scans documents)
skener noun (device which scans documents)

Māori

2 entries

pūkarapa noun (device which scans documents)
pūmatawai noun (device which scans documents)

Norman

1 entries

scanneu noun (device which scans documents)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

skanner noun (device which scans documents)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

skannar noun (device which scans documents)

Polish

4 entries

skaner noun (device which scans documents)
skaner noun (radio receiver)
skaner noun (device that uses radiation to produce images)
skaner noun (optical device)

Portuguese

3 entries

digitalizador noun (device which scans documents)
escâner noun (device which scans documents)
scâner noun (device which scans documents)

Romanian

4 entries

aparat scaner noun (optical device)
scaner noun (device which scans documents)
scaner noun (device that uses radiation to produce images)
scaner noun (optical device)

Russian

3 entries

ска́нер noun (device which scans documents)
ска́нер noun (device that uses radiation to produce images)
ска́нер noun (optical device)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

skener noun (device which scans documents)

Slovene

3 entries

optični bralnik noun (device which scans documents)
optični bralnik noun (optical device)
skener noun (device which scans documents)

Spanish

1 entries

escáner noun (device which scans documents)

Swedish

2 entries

bildläsare noun (device which scans documents)
skanner noun (device which scans documents)

Turkish

1 entries

tarayıcı noun (device which scans documents)

Ukrainian

1 entries

ска́нер noun (device which scans documents)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A scanner allowed one to determine if one's leg was really broken.

Source: tatoeba (897876)

This scanner can see through clothes.

Source: tatoeba (2020436)

I have to buy a new scanner.

Source: tatoeba (2020446)

Tom, can you show Mary how to use the scanner?

Source: tatoeba (3550233)

Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.