sender C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈsɛndɚ/ UK /ˈsɛndə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person or device that sends something, such as a message The letter bore no return address, leaving the sender unknown. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person or device that... dispatcherconsignortransmittershipper ↔ Opposites receiverrecipientaddressee Word family Related forms sendsending Etymology AI details Agent noun from 'send' + '-er'; 'send' is from Old English 'sendan', from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną. sendan Old English *sandijaną Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # sender **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsɛndɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsɛndə/ ## Meanings 1. a person or device that sends something, such as a message ## Examples - The letter bore no return address, leaving the sender unknown. ## Synonyms - dispatcher - consignor - transmitter - shipper ## Antonyms - receiver - recipient - addressee ## Related Forms - send - sending ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sendan - Root: *sandijaną ## Etymology Agent noun from 'send' + '-er'; 'send' is from Old English 'sendan', from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną. ## AI Etymology Sender is from agent noun from 'send' + '-er'; 'send' is from Old English 'sendan', from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną. The historical chain includes Old English sendan and Proto-Germanic *sandijaną. Older glosses in the chain include "send", "-er", and "sendan", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, sender is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "a person or device that sends something, such as a message". related forms include send and sending. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown