carrier: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 9 letter points · starts with C · ends with R
Meaning of carrier
noun
A person or object that carries someone or something else.
Example: armored personnel carrier
- broadly
A person or object that carries someone or something else. Ellipsis of aircraft carrier. A starship designed to carry starfighters
A carrier pigeon.
A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
Listed forms: carriers.
Source: Wiktionary — carrier.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for carrier.
noun
someone whose employment involves carrying something
noun
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
- aircraft carrier
- flattop
- attack aircraft carrier
noun
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
- common carrier
noun
a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
- carrier wave
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is carrier in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of carrier
C(3) + A(1) + R(1) + R(1) + I(1) + E(1) + R(1) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of carrier
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from carrier
33 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in carrier. Showing up to 24, longest first.