transporter

trans·port·er
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UK/tɹænsˈpɔːt.ə/UK/tɹansˈpɔːt.ə/Canada, US/tɹænsˈpoɹt.əɹ/Australia/tɹænsˈpoːt.ə/

noun

A long truck or lorry for carrying vehicles.

Similar
car transporterconveyer beltconveyor beltconveyerconveyor
OriginEnglish transport ← Middle English transporten ← Old French transporter →
CommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

nountransporter (plural transporters)

plural transporters

  1. One who, or that which transports.
    1. A long truck or lorry for carrying vehicles.
    2. A type of crane for loading or unloading a ship.
    3. A conveyor belt that transports objects in a factory etc.
    4. literatureA device that instantaneously transports, or teleports, a person or object.
  2. biochemistryA carrier.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna long truck for carrying motor vehicles

Similar
car transporter
Broader
truckmotortruck

nouna moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)

Similar
conveyer beltconveyor beltconveyerconveyor
Broader
belt
Also see
car transporterconveyorconveyor beltteleporter

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrāns-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥téh₂
  10. Proto-Italic*portā
  11. Proto-Italic*portāō
  12. Latinportō
  13. Latintrānsportāre
  14. Old Frenchtransporter
  15. Middle Englishtransporten
  16. Englishtransport
  17. Englishtransporter

From transport + -er. First attested in 1535.

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Translations

Finnish siirtäjä, siirrin
  • siirtäjäone who, or that which transports
  • siirrinone who, or that which transports
French transporteur, transporteuse
  • transporteurone who, or that which transports
  • transporteuseone who, or that which transports
Portuguese transportador
  • transportadorone who, or that which transports
Spanish transportista
  • transportistaone who, or that which transports
Swahili msafirishaji
  • msafirishajione who, or that which transports

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with transporter

quarterreporterportershortersupportermortarimportersortersportercourterexhortersnorterthwarter
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Anagrams

retransport
Cite this entry
APA

transporter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transporter

MLA

“transporter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transporter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transporter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transporter.

Source: transporter on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.