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

4 senses of bearer

Sense 1
carrier, bearer, toter -- (someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier")
       => traveler, traveller -- (a person who changes location)

Sense 2
bearer -- (a messenger who bears or presents; "a bearer of good tidings")
       => messenger, courier -- (a person who carries a message)

Sense 3
pallbearer, bearer -- (one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral)
       => mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenter -- (a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died))

Sense 4
holder, bearer -- (the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it; "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'")
       => capitalist -- (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business))