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 | ||