English dictionary
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English noun: receiver | |||
| 1. | receiver (artifact) set that receives radio or tv signals | ||
| Synonyms | receiving system | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | set | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | boob tube, direction finder, goggle box, idiot box, radio, radio receiver, radio set, receiving set, satellite receiver, television, television receiver, television set, telly, tuner, tv, tv set, wireless | ||
| Part holonym | aerial, antenna, radio chassis, transmitting aerial | ||
| 2. | receiver (person) (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties | ||
| Synonyms | liquidator | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fiduciary | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 3. | receiver (artifact) earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds | ||
| Synonyms | telephone receiver | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | headset | ||
| Part meronym | phone, telephone, telephone set | ||
| 4. | receiver (person) a person who receives something | ||
| Synonyms | recipient | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquirer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | addressee, alienee, annuitant, assignee, beneficiary, borrower, conferee, consignee, dependant, dependent, donee, grantee, grantee, heir, heritor, honoree, host, inheritor, mandatary, mandatory, payee, protege, sendee, transferee, warrantee | ||
| 5. | receiver (person) the tennis player who receives the serve | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tennis player | ||
| 6. | receiver (person) a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass | ||
| Synonyms | pass catcher, pass receiver | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | football player, footballer | ||
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