English noun: provider | |||
1. | provider (person) someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity | ||
Synonyms | supplier | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bourgeois, businessperson | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | black marketeer, caterer, connection, dispenser, distributer, distributor, provisioner, purveyor, recruiter, stockist, sutler, victualer, victualler | ||
2. | provider (person) someone who provides the means for subsistence | ||
Broader (hypernym) | benefactor, helper | ||