Meanings
sender1
nounsender (plural senders)
plural senders
- Someone who sends.
The package was addressed to someone we didn't know, so we returned it to the sender.
- A device or component that transmits, as in telegraphy or computer networks.
Sender2
proper noun
- A surname from German.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Sender · proper noun
- GermanSenden
- EnglishSender
Borrowed from German Senden, a municipality of North Rhine-Westphalia, or a pet form of Alexander.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُرْسِل, مُرْسِلَة
- مُرْسِل (mursil)someone who sends
- مُرْسِلَة (mursila)someone who sends
Bulgarian изпраща́ч, изпраща́чка
- изпраща́ч (izpraštáč)someone who sends
- изпраща́чка (izpraštáčka)someone who sends
- пода́тел (podátel)someone who sends
- пода́телка (podátelka)someone who sends
Catalan expedidor
- expedidorsomeone who sends
Chinese Mandarin 發件人 /发件人
- 發件人 /发件人 (fājiànrén)someone who sends
Czech odesílatel, odesílatelka
- odesílatelsomeone who sends
- odesílatelkasomeone who sends
Danish afsender
- afsendersomeone who sends
Dutch afzender
- afzendersomeone who sends
Estonian saatja
- saatjasomeone who sends
Finnish lähettäjä
- lähettäjäsomeone who sends
French expéditeur, expéditrice
- expéditeursomeone who sends
- expéditricesomeone who sends
German Absender, Absenderin
- Absendersomeone who sends
- Absenderinsomeone who sends
- Sendersomeone who sends
- Senderinsomeone who sends
Greek αποστολέας
- αποστολέας (apostoléas)someone who sends
Hindi प्रेषक, भेजनेवाला
- प्रेषक (preṣak)someone who sends
- भेजनेवाला (bhejnevālā)someone who sends
Hungarian feladó
- feladósomeone who sends
Icelandic sendandi
- sendandisomeone who sends
Indonesian pengirim
- pengirimsomeone who sends
Irish seoltóir
- seoltóirsomeone who sends
Italian mittente
- mittentesomeone who sends
Japanese 差出人
- 差出人 (sashidashinin)someone who sends
Korean 발송인, 발송자
- 발송인 (balsong'in)someone who sends
- 발송자 (balsongja)someone who sends
- 보내는 사람 (bonaeneun saram)someone who sends
Latvian sūtītājs, sūtītāja
- sūtītājssomeone who sends
- sūtītājasomeone who sends
Lithuanian siuntėjas, siuntėja
- siuntėjassomeone who sends
- siuntėjasomeone who sends
Māori kaituku
- kaitukusomeone who sends
Norwegian Bokmål avsender
- avsendersomeone who sends
Polish nadawca, nadawczyni
- nadawcasomeone who sends
- nadawczynisomeone who sends
- adresantsomeone who sends
- adresantkasomeone who sends
Portuguese enviador, remetente
- enviadorsomeone who sends
- remetentesomeone who sends
Romanian expeditor, expeditoare
- expeditorsomeone who sends
- expeditoaresomeone who sends
- emițătorsomeone who sends
Russian отправи́тель, отправи́тельница
- отправи́тель (otpravítelʹ)someone who sends
- отправи́тельница (otpravítelʹnica)someone who sends
- адреса́нт (adresánt)someone who sends
- адреса́нтка (adresántka)someone who sends
Slovak odosielateľ, odosielateľka
- odosielateľsomeone who sends
- odosielateľkasomeone who sends
Spanish remitente, expedidor
- remitentesomeone who sends
- expedidorsomeone who sends
Swedish avsändare, sändare
- avsändaresomeone who sends
- sändaresomeone who sends
Thai ผู้ส่ง
- ผู้ส่ง (pûu-sòng)someone who sends
Turkish gönderici, gönderen
- göndericisomeone who sends
- gönderensomeone who sends
Ukrainian відпра́вник, відпра́вниця
- відпра́вник (vidprávnyk)someone who sends
- відпра́вниця (vidprávnycja)someone who sends
- адреса́нт (adresánt)someone who sends
- адреса́нтка (adresántka)someone who sends
Urdu بھیجْنے والا
- بھیجْنے والا (bhejne vālā)someone who sends
Vietnamese người gửi
- người gửisomeone who sends
Welsh anfonwr
- anfonwrsomeone who sends
Yiddish אָפּשיקער
- אָפּשיקער (opshiker)someone who sends
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sender
gendervendortenderlenderrenderoffenderfendersurrenderdefenderblenderslendersplendorcontenderendersplendourpretendersuspenderengenderrecommendervenderascenderattenderdescenderamender
All rhymes →Sounds the same
cinder (pin–pen merger)
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
sender. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sender
MLA
“sender.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sender. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sender,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sender.
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