Need another word that means the same as “messenger”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “messenger” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Messenger” are: courier, postman, errand boy, errand girl, runner, dispatch rider, envoy, emissary, agent, go-between, legate, nuncio, herald, harbinger
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “messenger” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| agent | Any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau. His agent was able to negotiate a long term contract. |
| courier | A person who carries a message. He worked as a courier on a package holiday to Majorca. |
| dispatch rider | The property of being prompt and efficient. |
| emissary | A person sent as a diplomatic representative on a special mission. |
| envoy | Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. The UN special envoy to Yugoslavia. |
| errand boy | A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission. |
| errand girl | A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission. |
| go-between | A negotiator who acts as a link between parties. |
| harbinger | A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another. These works were not yet opera but they were the most important harbinger of opera. |
| herald | A person or thing viewed as a sign that something is about to happen. The chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet. |
| legate | An ambassador or messenger. A papal legate arrived in France on a peacemaking mission. |
| nuncio | A diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status. |
| postman | A man who delivers the mail. |
| runner | A plant that spreads by means of runners. A 400 metres runner. |
| address | Access or locate by address. He persecuted her with his addresses. |
| airmail | Send or transport by airmail. Letters to Europe from the U S are best airmailed. |
| barred | Preventing entry or exit or a course of action. A barred gate. |
| bulletin | Make public by bulletin. |
| convey | (of information) make known; pass on. Mr Harvey and his daughter have asked me to convey their very kind regards. |
| correspondence | Similarity by virtue of corresponding. The results of two tests were in correspondence. |
| courier | Send goods or documents by courier. A courier service. |
| delivery | The act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter. She had a difficult delivery. |
| diplomat | An official representing a country abroad. |
| Send an email to someone. Call fax or email for a free demo. | |
| emissary | A person sent as a diplomatic representative on a special mission. |
| envelope | A flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc. The spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet. |
| envoy | A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry. A peace envoy. |
| letter | Be awarded an emblem in the shape of the initial letter of the name of one s school or university for achievement in sport. We must keep the spirit of the law as well as the letter. |
| Email. He works for the United States mail service. | |
| mailbox | Public box for deposit of mail. |
| mailing | The action or process of sending something by mail. The postmark indicates the time of mailing. |
| negotiate | Find a way over or through (an obstacle or difficult route. They refused to negotiate with the rebels. |
| philatelist | A collector and student of postage stamps. |
| philately | The collection and study of postage stamps. |
| post | A starting post or winning post. She was opening her post. |
| postage | The sending of letters and parcels by post. Proof of postage is required. |
| postal | A postcard. A postal ballot. |
| postcard | A card for sending a message by post without an envelope, typically having a photograph or other illustration on one side. He promised to send me a picture postcard. |
| postmaster | A man in charge of a post office. |
| postscript | A note appended to a letter after the signature. He added a postscript Leaving tomorrow. |
| prophet | In Christian use the books of Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel and the twelve minor prophets. He is repeatedly hailed as a prophet of modernism. |
| relay | A signal or broadcast transmitted by a relay. The wagons were pulled by relays of horses. |
| send | Send a message or letter. It s the spectacle and music that send us not the words. |
| transmit | Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. Sexually transmitted diseases. |
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