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receiver

/ɹəˈsi.vɚ/noun3 syllables

Receiver means: a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass.

Synonyms for receiver11

noun, as in a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass

pass receiver, pass catcher

noun, as in set that receives radio or tv signals

receiving system

noun, as in (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties

liquidator

noun, as in earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds

telephone receiver

noun, as in a person who receives something

recipient

also used for receiver

insolvency administrator, insolvency practitioner, administrator, court administrator, trustee in bankruptcy

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What does receiver mean?6

noun

1

a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass

2

set that receives radio or tv signals

3

(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties

4

earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds

5

a person who receives something

6

the tennis player who receives the serve

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with receiver?7

two syllables

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three syllables

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Receiver in a sentence

  • I am the caretaker of this child, and they are my care-receiver.unknown
  • Anna still has an old telephone at home with a receiver, rest and dial.sundown
  • Anna still has an old telephone at home with a receiver, cradle and dial.sundown
  • At its simplest, space communications relies on two things: a transmitter and a receiver.Hybrid
  • The receiver collects the electromagnetic waves and demodulates them, decoding the sender’s message.Hybrid
  • Anna misses the old telephones with a receiver, rest and dial.sundown
  • Anna misses the old telephones with a receiver, cradle and dial.sundown
  • I forgot to lift the receiver before dialing the number.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of receiver

as a noun

plural
receivers