English noun: interpreter | |||
1. | interpreter (person) someone who mediates between speakers of different languages | ||
Synonyms | translator | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dragoman, symboliser, symbolist, symbolizer | ||
Instance hyponym | Benjamin Jowett, Bishop Ulfila, Bishop Ulfilas, Bishop Wulfila, Edward Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, Jowett, Tindal, Tindale, Tyndale, Ulfila, Ulfilas, William Tindal, William Tindale, William Tyndale, Wulfila | ||
2. | interpreter (person) someone who uses art to represent something | ||
Samples | His paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature. She was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
3. | interpreter (person) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | ||
Samples | The meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government. | ||
Synonyms | representative, spokesperson, voice | ||
Broader (hypernym) | advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ambassador, bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, flack, flack catcher, flak, flak catcher, mouth, mouthpiece, roadman, spokesman, spokeswoman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman | ||
4. | interpreter (communication) (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time | ||
Synonyms | interpretive program | ||
Broader (hypernym) | computer program, computer programme, program, programme | ||
Domain category | computer science, computing | ||