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welcomer

adj · noun · 4 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.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

comparative form of welcome: more welcome

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: comparative, form-of

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something which or someone who welcomes people, especially newcomers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1764, Sir Humphrey Lunatic (pseudonym of Francis Gentleman), A Trip to the Moon, London: S. Crowder, 2nd edition, 1765, Volume I, Chapter 2, p. 21, At this Point of Time my Host, as I may call my sage Welcomer, directed a Kind of Procession, which tho’ not grand, nor very regular, appeared to be calculated as a high Compliment to me [...]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something or someone that greets or is present for the arrival of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a person who greets

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the newcomers were met by smiling greeters

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: greeter, saluter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

History

Etymology

From welcome + -er (comparative suffix).

From Middle English welcomer, welcomere, equivalent to welcome + -er (agent suffix).

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: Begrüßer — something which or someone who welcomes people
  • German: Begrüßerin — something which or someone who welcomes people
  • German: Begrüßungskomitee — something which or someone who welcomes people
  • German: Willkommenheißer — something which or someone who welcomes people
  • Macedonian: дочекувач (dočekuvač) — something which or someone who welcomes people
  • Macedonian: пречекувач (prečekuvač) — something which or someone who welcomes people
  • German: Empfangsperson — someone or something that greets or is present for the arrival of something
  • German: Begrüßer — someone or something that greets or is present for the arrival of something
  • German: Begrüßerin — someone or something that greets or is present for the arrival of something
  • German: Begrüßungskomitee — someone or something that greets or is present for the arrival of something
  • German: Grüßaugust — someone or something that greets or is present for the arrival of something
  • Macedonian: дочекувач (dočekuvač) — someone or something that greets or is present for the arrival of something
  • Macedonian: пречекувач (prečekuvač) — someone or something that greets or is present for the arrival of something