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

3 senses of shaker

Sense 1
shaker, mover and shaker -- (a person who wields power and influence; "a shaker of traditional beliefs"; "movers and shakers in the business world")
       => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")

Sense 2
Shaker -- (a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal living and common possession of property and separation from the world)
       => Christian -- (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)

Sense 3
shaker -- (a container in which something can be shaken)
       => 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))