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

2 senses of adapter

Sense 1
arranger, adapter, transcriber -- (a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance)
       => musician -- (artist who composes or conducts music as a profession)

Sense 2
adapter, adaptor -- (device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible)
       => device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water")