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Messenger synonyms
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bearer
A person or thing that bears, carries, or supports
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  1. A person or thing that bears, carries, or supports
  2. One that holds a check or other redeemable note for payment.
  3. A person in possession of a negotiable instrument, document of title, security, or other similar document that is marked “payable to bearer” or is indorsed in blank. Depending upon its nature, the document is called a bearer bond, bearer instrument, bearer paper, or the like and, if it is for the payment of money, it is said to be payable to bearer. A person in possession of a negotiable instrument, document of title, security, or other similar document that is marked “payable to bearer” or is indorsed in blank. Depending upon its nature, the document is called a bearer bond, bearer instrument, bearer paper, or the like and, if it is for the payment of money, it is said to be payable to bearer.
minister
A person appointed by the head of a government to take charge of some department
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  1. A person appointed by the head of a government to take charge of some department
  2. An authorized diplomatic representative of a government, usually ranking next below an ambassador.
  3. A diplomatic officer sent to a foreign nation to represent his or her government, usually ranking below an ambassador
angel
An English gold coin, last issued in 1634, stamped with an image of the archangel Michael and the dragon
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  1. An English gold coin, last issued in 1634, stamped with an image of the archangel Michael and the dragon
  2. A typically benevolent celestial being that acts as an intermediary between heaven and earth, especially in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism.
  3. A guardian spirit or guiding influence.
prophet
A person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed.
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  1. A person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed.
  2. A person gifted with profound moral insight and exceptional powers of expression.
  3. A religious teacher or leader regarded as, or claiming to be, divinely inspired
dispatcher
One that sends out trains, buses, trucks, or cars according to a schedule.
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  1. One that sends out trains, buses, trucks, or cars according to a schedule.
  2. (--- Computers) A routine that controls the order in which input and output devices obtain access to the processing system.
  3. In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles
herald
(Historical) Any of various officials who made proclamations, carried state messages to other sovereigns, took charge of tournaments, arranged ceremonies, etc.
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  1. (Historical) Any of various officials who made proclamations, carried state messages to other sovereigns, took charge of tournaments, arranged ceremonies, etc.
  2. In England, an official in charge of genealogies, coats of arms, etc.
  3. An official formerly charged with making royal proclamations and bearing messages of state between sovereigns.
carrier
A container, support, or course in or on which something is carried or conducted, as a mechanical part or device or a water conduit
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  1. A container, support, or course in or on which something is carried or conducted, as a mechanical part or device or a water conduit
  2. (Radio, TV) The steady transmitted wave whose amplitude, frequency, or phase is modulated by the signal
  3. A portable, basketlike seat for a baby, with a handle
courier
A messenger, especially one on official diplomatic business.
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  1. A messenger, especially one on official diplomatic business.
  2. A member of the diplomatic corps charged with carrying messages
  3. A messenger sent in haste or on a regular schedule with messages, parcels, etc.
runner
A person who operates or manages something, as a machine
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  1. A person who operates or manages something, as a machine
  2. Something on or in which something else moves, as a sliding part in machinery or the support along which a sliding door moves
  3. One who operates or manages something:
crier
A person who shouts out announcements about his or her wares; huckster
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  1. A person who shouts out announcements about his or her wares; huckster
  2. One that cries, such as a person who sheds tears more readily than others.
  3. An official who announces the orders of a court of law.
errand-boy
A male employed to run errands.
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  1. A male employed to run errands.
  2. (Management, pejorative) Someone nominally in a responsible position who performs relatively menial tasks for a senior manager.
intermediary
One or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.
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  1. One or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.
  2. A person or organisation in an intermediate position in a supply chain of goods or services
  3. An intermediate state or stage.
envoy
A postscript to a poem, essay, or book, containing a dedication, climactic summary, explanation, etc.; specif., a short, concluding stanza of this kind added to a ballade and some other verse forms
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  1. A postscript to a poem, essay, or book, containing a dedication, climactic summary, explanation, etc.; specif., a short, concluding stanza of this kind added to a ballade and some other verse forms
  2. An agent sent by a government or ruler to transact diplomatic business; specif., a diplomat (envoy extraordinary) ranking just below an ambassador
  3. A minister plenipotentiary assigned to a foreign embassy, ranking next below the ambassador.
emissary
An agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another.
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  1. An agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another.
  2. A person or agent sent on a specific mission
internuncio
A diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio
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  1. A diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio
  2. A papal representative ranking below a nuncio
  3. A Vatican diplomatic envoy or representative ranking just beneath a nuncio. No longer in use.
go-between
An intermediary or middleman.
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  1. An intermediary or middleman.
  2. One who acts as an intermediary or messenger between two sides.
ambassador
An official agent with a special mission
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  1. An official agent with a special mission
  2. An unofficial representative:
  3. A diplomatic official of the highest rank appointed and accredited as representative in residence by one government or sovereign to another, usually for a specific length of time.
commissionaire
A uniformed attendant, such as a doorman.
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  1. A uniformed attendant, such as a doorman.
  2. (Brit.) A person, esp. any of a group of pensioned service personnel, employed to do errands or small tasks, as a uniformed doorkeeper or a messenger
flag-bearer
One who openly promotes an idea or value and becomes symbolic for it.
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  1. One who openly promotes an idea or value and becomes symbolic for it.
gofer
(Slang) An employee who performs minor or menial tasks such as running errands
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  1. (Slang) An employee who performs minor or menial tasks such as running errands
  2. An employee who runs errands in addition to performing regular duties.
  3. (Informal) A worker who runs errands; an errand boy.
boy
Any man; fellow
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  1. Any man; fellow
  2. A son:
  3. A bellboy, messenger boy, etc.
bearer
A person or thing that bears, carries, or supports
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  1. A person or thing that bears, carries, or supports
  2. One that holds a check or other redeemable note for payment.
  3. A person in possession of a negotiable instrument, document of title, security, or other similar document that is marked “payable to bearer” or is indorsed in blank. Depending upon its nature, the document is called a bearer bond, bearer instrument, bearer paper, or the like and, if it is for the payment of money, it is said to be payable to bearer. A person in possession of a negotiable instrument, document of title, security, or other similar document that is marked “payable to bearer” or is indorsed in blank. Depending upon its nature, the document is called a bearer bond, bearer instrument, bearer paper, or the like and, if it is for the payment of money, it is said to be payable to bearer.
carrier
(Physics) A boson, especially a gauge boson, that conveys a force or mediates an interaction between subatomic particles.
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  1. (Physics) A boson, especially a gauge boson, that conveys a force or mediates an interaction between subatomic particles.
  2. A company that insures a certain person, organization, etc.
  3. An aircraft carrier.
conveyer
(Rare) Alternative spelling of conveyor.
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  1. (Rare) Alternative spelling of conveyor.
courier
An employee of a travel agency serving as a guide for tourists.
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  1. An employee of a travel agency serving as a guide for tourists.
  2. A messenger, especially one on official diplomatic business.
  3. A messenger sent in haste or on a regular schedule with messages, parcels, etc.
envoy
A messenger; an agent.
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  1. A messenger; an agent.
  2. A postscript to a poem, essay, or book, containing a dedication, climactic summary, explanation, etc.; specif., a short, concluding stanza of this kind added to a ballade and some other verse forms
  3. An agent sent by a government or ruler to transact diplomatic business; specif., a diplomat (envoy extraordinary) ranking just below an ambassador
runner
(Botany) A twining bean plant, such as the scarlet runner.
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  1. (Botany) A twining bean plant, such as the scarlet runner.
  2. A ring, loop, etc. that can slide along a strap, rod, etc., often one to which another part or parts can be attached
  3. A smuggler:
transporter
A conveyor belt that transports objects in a factory etc.
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  1. A conveyor belt that transports objects in a factory etc.
  2. One who, or that which transports.
  3. A type of crane for loading or unloading a ship.
Find another word for messenger. In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for messenger, like: bearer, minister, angel, prophet, dispatcher, herald, carrier, courier, runner, crier and errand-boy.

Sentence Examples

  • Their messenger won't wait long.

  • The messenger rushed across the street to deliver his package to the man on the corner.

  • Memon waved the messenger away.

  • On the 23rd of July all was confusion at the depots, and the leaders were divided as to the course to be pursued; orders were not obeyed; a trusted messenger despatched for arms absconded with the money committed to him to pay for them; treachery, quite unsuspected by Emmet, honeycombed the conspiracy; the Wicklow contingent failed to appear; the Kildare men turned back on hearing that the rising had been postponed; a signal expected by a contingent at the Broadstone was never given.

  • A messenger was at once sent from Edinburgh to London with a letter from Lethington and a verbal message.

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