Receiver

English

Noun

Receiver (plural Receivers)

1. A person who receives something.
2. A person who acts as trustee for a bankrupt.
3. A person who accepts stolen goods.
4. (football) A person who accepts the ball after it has been passed.
5. (tennis) A person who attempts to return the ball after it has been served.
6. A telephone handset.
7. Any of several electronic devices that receives signals and converts them into sound or vision
8. A court administrator
9. The part of a firearm containing the action.

Synonyms

• recipient (1)

Adjectives for Receiver

systematic; heartless; gracious; seductive; gay; artful; politic; insidious; crafty.

Thesaurus

Christian, God-fearing man, TelAutography, Teletype, Teletype network, Teletyping, accepter, accountant, acquirer, addressee, audience, auditor, beholder, believer, bookkeeper, bursar, cabinet, call box, cashier, cashkeeper, catechumen, chamberlain, chassis, churchgoer, churchite, churchman, closed-circuit telegraphy, code, coin telephone, communicant, comptroller, consignee, console, container, controller, convert, curator, daily communicant, depositary, depository, desk telephone, devotee, devotionalist, dial telephone, disciple, duplex telegraphy, electricity, extension, facsimile telegraph, fanatic, fence, financial officer, follower, getter, good Christian, hearer, holder, housing, interrupter, key, liquidator, listener, looker, mouthpiece, multiplex telegraphy, neophyte, news ticker, obtainer, pay station, payee, paymaster, phone, pietist, procurer, proselyte, public telephone, purse bearer, quadruplex telegraphy, radio, radio receiver, radio set, radio telescope, railroad telegraphy, receiving set, receptacle, recipient, religionist, saint, sender, set, simplex telegraphy, single-current telegraphy, sounder, spectator, steward, stock ticker, submarine telegraphy, swagman, swagsman, taker, telegraphics, telegraphy, telephone, telephone booth, telephone engineering, telephone extension, telephone mechanics, telephone receiver, telephonics, telephony, teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriting, telex, theist, ticker, transmitter, treasurer, trustee, truster, typotelegraph, typotelegraphy, utensil, vessel, viewer, votary, wall telephone, wire service, wireless, wireless set, zealot

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹəˈsivɚ/

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• Rhymes: -iːvə(r)

Etymology

to receive + -er

Translations

person who receives

Chinese: Mandarin: 收件人 (cmn) (shōujiànrén) Czech: příjemce (cs) m. Finnish: vastaanottaja (fi), saaja (fi) French: receleur (fr) m. German: Empfänger (de) m.

Greek: αποδέκτης (el) (apodéktis) m., παραλήπτης (el) (paralíptis) m. Japanese: 受取人 (ja) (うけとりじん, uketorijin) Macedonian: примател (mk) (prímatel) m., примач (mk) (prímač) m. Norwegian: mottaker (no) m. Portuguese: destinatário m. (Brazil) Russian: получатель (ru) (polučát'el') m.

person who buys stolen goods

French: récepteur (fr) m. German: Hehler (de) m. Greek: κλεπταποδόχος (el) (kleptapodóchos) m. and f.

Italian: ricettatore (it) m. Norwegian: heler (no) m. Portuguese: receptador m. (Brazil) Walloon: riceleu (wa) m.

electronic device

Czech: přijímač (cs) m. French: récepteur (fr) m. German: Empfangsgerät (de) n., Empfänger (de) m. Greek: δέκτης (el) (déktis) m.

Italian: cornetta f. (telephone) Macedonian: приемник (mk) (príemnik) m. Norwegian: mottaker (no) m. Portuguese: receptor m. (Brazil) Russian: приёмник (ru) (prijómnik) m.