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

2 senses of dispenser

Sense 1
dispenser -- (a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts)
       => container -- (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Sense 2
dispenser -- (a person who dispenses)
       => supplier, provider -- (someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity)