Standard Lemma guide

sender

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛndəː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈsɛndəː]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈsendəː/
  • Australian: [ˈsendəː] ~ [ˈsendɐ̝ː]
  • General-American: /ˈsɛndɚ/
  • General-American: [ˈsɛndɚ] ~ [ˈsɛndɹ̩]
  • /ˈsɪndɚ/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger
  • [ˈsɪ̟ndɚ] ~ [ˈsɪ̟ndɹ̩] Southern US, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger
  • rhymes with -ɛndə(ɹ)
  • homophone: cinder (pin–pen merger)
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from German.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Someone who sends.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The package was addressed to someone we didn't know, so we returned it to the sender.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A device or component that transmits, as in telegraphy or computer networks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

set used to broadcast radio or tv signals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transmitter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: set

Narrower terms: jammer, radio transmitter, satellite transmitter, television transmitter

5

noun

Meaning 5

someone who transmits a message

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • return to sender

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transmitter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: communicator

Narrower terms: spammer

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Senden, a municipality of North Rhine-Westphalia, or a pet form of Alexander.

Etymology tree English send Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sender From send + -er.

Across languages

Translations

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aghwan: 𐕆𐔴𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔾 (hebaal) — someone who sends
  • Albanian: dërgues — someone who sends
  • Albanian: dërguese — someone who sends
  • Arabic: مُرْسِل (mursil) — someone who sends
  • Arabic: مُرْسِلَة (mursila) — someone who sends
  • Armenian: ուղարկող (uġarkoġ) — someone who sends
  • Azerbaijani: göndərən — someone who sends
  • Bashkir: ебәреүсе (yebərewse) — someone who sends
  • Belarusian: адпраўні́к (adprawník) — someone who sends
  • Belarusian: адпраўні́ца (adprawníca) — someone who sends
  • Belarusian: адпра́ўшчык (adpráwščyk) — someone who sends
  • Belarusian: адпра́ўшчыца (adpráwščyca) — someone who sends
  • Belarusian: адсыла́льнiк (adsylálʹnik) — someone who sends
  • Belarusian: адсыла́льнiца (adsylálʹnica) — someone who sends
  • Belarusian: адрэса́нт (adresánt) — someone who sends
  • Belarusian: адрэса́нтка (adresántka) — someone who sends
  • Belarusian: адраса́нт (adrasánt) — someone who sends
  • Belarusian: адраса́нтка (adrasántka) — someone who sends
  • Bulgarian: изпраща́ч (izpraštáč) — someone who sends
  • Bulgarian: изпраща́чка (izpraštáčka) — someone who sends
  • Bulgarian: пода́тел (podátel) — someone who sends
  • Bulgarian: пода́телка (podátelka) — someone who sends
  • Burmese: ပေးပို့သူ (pe:pui.su) — someone who sends
  • Catalan: expedidor — someone who sends
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發件人 /发件人 (fājiànrén) — someone who sends
  • Czech: odesílatel — someone who sends
  • Czech: odesílatelka — someone who sends
  • Danish: afsender — someone who sends
  • Dutch: afzender — someone who sends
  • Estonian: saatja — someone who sends
  • Finnish: lähettäjä — someone who sends
  • French: expéditeur — someone who sends
  • French: expéditrice — someone who sends
  • Georgian: გამგზავნი (gamgzavni) — someone who sends
  • German: Absender — someone who sends
  • German: Absenderin — someone who sends
  • German: Sender — someone who sends
  • German: Senderin — someone who sends
  • Greek: αποστολέας (apostoléas) — someone who sends
  • Hindi: प्रेषक (preṣak) — someone who sends
  • Hindi: भेजनेवाला (bhejnevālā) — someone who sends
  • Hungarian: feladó — someone who sends
  • Icelandic: sendandi — someone who sends
  • Indonesian: pengirim — someone who sends
  • Irish: seoltóir — someone who sends
  • Italian: mittente — someone who sends
  • Japanese: 差出人 (sashidashinin) — someone who sends
  • Kazakh: жіберуші (jıberuşı) — someone who sends
  • Khmer: អ្នកផ្ញើ (nĕək phñaə) — someone who sends
  • Korean: 발송인 (balsong'in) — someone who sends
  • Korean: 발송자 (balsongja) — someone who sends
  • Korean: 보내는 사람 (bonaeneun saram) — someone who sends
  • Central Kurdish: بنێر (binêr) — someone who sends
  • Central Kurdish: ھەنێر (henêr) — someone who sends
  • Kyrgyz: жөнөтүүчү (jönötüücü) — someone who sends
  • Kyrgyz: жиберүүчү (jiberüücü) — someone who sends
  • Lao: ຜູ້ສົ່ງ (phū song) — someone who sends
  • Latvian: sūtītājs — someone who sends
  • Latvian: sūtītāja — someone who sends
  • Lithuanian: siuntėjas — someone who sends
  • Lithuanian: siuntėja — someone who sends
  • Macedonian: испраќач (ispraḱač) — someone who sends
  • Macedonian: испраќачка (ispraḱačka) — someone who sends
  • Māori: kaituku — someone who sends
  • Marathi: प्रेषक (preṣak) — someone who sends
  • Marathi: पाठवणारा (pāṭhavṇārā) — someone who sends
  • Marathi: पाठवणारी (pāṭhavṇārī) — someone who sends
  • Mongolian: илгээгч (ilgeegč) — someone who sends
  • Norman: env'yeux — someone who sends
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avsender — someone who sends
  • Iranian Persian: فِرِسْتَنْدِه (ferestande) — someone who sends
  • Polish: nadawca — someone who sends
  • Polish: nadawczyni — someone who sends
  • Polish: adresant — someone who sends
  • Polish: adresantka — someone who sends
  • Portuguese: enviador — someone who sends
  • Portuguese: remetente — someone who sends
  • Romanian: expeditor — someone who sends
  • Romanian: expeditoare — someone who sends
  • Romanian: emițător — someone who sends
  • Russian: отправи́тель (otpravítelʹ) — someone who sends
  • Russian: отправи́тельница (otpravítelʹnica) — someone who sends
  • Russian: адреса́нт (adresánt) — someone who sends
  • Russian: адреса́нтка (adresántka) — someone who sends
  • Serbo-Croatian: пошѝљалац — someone who sends
  • Serbo-Croatian: pošìljalac — someone who sends
  • Slovak: odosielateľ — someone who sends
  • Slovak: odosielateľka — someone who sends
  • Slovene: pošiljatelj — someone who sends
  • Slovene: pošiljateljka — someone who sends
  • Spanish: remitente — someone who sends
  • Spanish: expedidor — someone who sends
  • Swedish: avsändare — someone who sends
  • Swedish: sändare — someone who sends
  • Tajik: фиристанда (firistanda) — someone who sends
  • Tatar: җибәрүче (cibärüçe) — someone who sends
  • Thai: ผู้ส่ง (pûu-sòng) — someone who sends
  • Turkish: gönderici — someone who sends
  • Turkish: gönderen — someone who sends
  • Ukrainian: відпра́вник (vidprávnyk) — someone who sends
  • Ukrainian: відпра́вниця (vidprávnycja) — someone who sends
  • Ukrainian: адреса́нт (adresánt) — someone who sends
  • Ukrainian: адреса́нтка (adresántka) — someone who sends
  • Urdu: بھیجْنے والا (bhejne vālā) — someone who sends
  • Vietnamese: người gửi — someone who sends
  • Welsh: anfonwr — someone who sends
  • Yiddish: אָפּשיקער (opshiker) — someone who sends
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