| 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 | ||