Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun porter

7 senses of porter

Sense 1
porter -- (a person employed to carry luggage and supplies)
       => laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack -- (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)

Sense 2
doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary -- (someone who guards an entrance)
       => guard -- (a person who keeps watch over something or someone)

Sense 3
Porter, Katherine Anne Porter -- (United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 4
Porter, Cole Porter, Cole Albert Porter -- (United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946))
       INSTANCE OF=> composer -- (someone who composes music as a profession)

Sense 5
Porter, William Sydney Porter, O. Henry -- (United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 6
porter, Pullman porter -- (a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars))
       => employee -- (a worker who is hired to perform a job)

Sense 7
porter, porter's beer -- (a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley)
       => ale -- (a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb porter

1 sense of porter

Sense 1
porter -- (carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists")
       => transport, carry -- (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river")