| Main Entry: | courier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | messenger |
Synonyms: |
bearer, carrier, dispatcher, emissary, envoy, express, go-between, gofer, gopher, herald, intelligencer, internuncio, runner |
Antonyms: |
receiver, sender |
| Main Entry: | bearer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who carries messages or deliveries |
Synonyms: |
agent, beast of burden, carrier, conveyor, courier, drogher, emissary, envoy, internuncio, messenger, porter, runner, servant, shipper, transporter |
| Main Entry: | emissary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deputy |
Synonyms: |
agent, ambassador, bearer, carrier, consul, courier, delegate, envoy, front, go-between, herald, hired gun, intermediary, internuncio, legate, messenger, rep, representative, scout, spy |
| Main Entry: | envoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deputy |
Synonyms: |
agent, ambassador, attaché, bearer, carrier, chargé d'affaires, consul, courier, delegate, diplomat, emissary, intermediary, internuncio, legate, medium, messenger, minister, nuncio, plenipotentiary, representative, vicar |
| Main Entry: | herald |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | omen, messenger |
Synonyms: |
adviser, bearer, courier, crier, forerunner, harbinger, indication, outrider, precursor, prophet, reporter, runner, sign, signal, token |
| Main Entry: | messenger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person carrying information to another |
Synonyms: |
agent, ambassador, bearer, carrier, commissionaire, courier, crier, delegate, delivery person, detachment, detail, dispatcher, emissary, envoy, errand person, flag-bearer, forerunner, go-between, gofer, harbinger, herald, intermediary, mediator, minister, post, precursor, prophet, runner, schlepper |
| Notes: | a harbinger is an indication of the approach of something or someone; a messenger is a person who carries a communications or performs an errand; an omen is a sign of something about to happen |
Antonyms: |
receiver |
| Main Entry: | carrier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who carries or transmits something |
Synonyms: |
bearer, courier, delivery person, letter carrier, mail carrier, messenger, shipper, transporter |
| Main Entry: | letter carrier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mail carrier |
Synonyms: |
bicycle messenger, courier, mailman, mailperson, mailwoman, postal carrier, postman, postwoman, special messenger |
| Main Entry: | runner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who runs |
Synonyms: |
carrier, contestant, courier, cross-country runner, distance runner, entrant, hurdler, jogger, long distance runner, marathoner, messenger, middle distance runner, racer, sprinter, trackman |
| Main Entry: | runner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who runs |
Synonyms: |
courier, harrier, hurdler, jogger, marathoner, messenger, page, racer, sprinter |