Carrier
Carrier noun - A person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages.
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Synonyms for Carrier
Transport and carrier are semantically related in bearing topic. In some cases you can use "Transport" instead a noun "Carrier".
Transport
Transport noun - Something used to carry goods or passengers.
Usage example: rising gas prices will impel more people to use public transport
Carrier and transport are semantically related in bearing topic. Sometimes you can use "Carrier" instead a noun "Transport", if it concerns topics such as move, vehicle.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- carriage and carrier
- carriage and transport
- passage and carrier
- passage and transport
- channel and carrier
- channel and transport
- delivery and carrier
- delivery and transport
- shipment and carrier
- shipment and transport
- vehicle and carrier
- vehicle and transport
- conveyance and carrier
- conveyance and transport
How words are described
| human | human carrier | human transport |
| old | old carrier | old transport |
| full | full carrier | full transport |
| standard | standard carrier | standard transport |
| Other adjectives: light, single, heavy, real, large, huge, capable, personal, mobile, damaged, military, primary, titular, last, giant, modern, naval, amphibious, armoured, armored, super, fastest. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- This can cause units wherever they are to simply disappear from the face of the Earth, which is painful if it's a carrier or transport full of units crossing an ocean, or a nuclear missile or stealth bomber that took 5 or more turns to produce.
Source: Video Game / Free Civ -
Interestingly, several models were built in different sizes (smaller, less detailed ones for background shots), including two different designs (a transport and a carrier), in three different tones to show it was a fleet of different ships, rather than a bunch of identical ones.
Source: Standard Human Spaceship -
Especially diabolical if you do this in an transport aircraft or aircraft carrier and doom all of your teammates too.
Source: Border Patrol
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Transport and Carrier. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/carrier/transport
Carrier & Transport. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/carrier/transport>.
Transport or Carrier. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/carrier/transport.
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