APPLIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does applier mean? 

• APPLIER (noun)
  The noun APPLIER has 2 senses:

1. a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission

2. a device for applying a substance

  Familiarity information: APPLIER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPLIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

applicant; applier

Hypernyms ("applier" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "applier"):

aspirant; aspirer; hopeful; wannabe; wannabee (an ambitious and aspiring young person)

bidder (someone who makes an offer)

claimant (someone who claims a benefit or right or title)

job candidate (an applicant who is being considered for a job)

material (a person judged suitable for admission or employment)

petitioner; requester; suppliant; supplicant (one praying humbly for something)

possible (an applicant who might be suitable)

probable (an applicant likely to be chosen)

submitter (someone who submits something (as an application for a job or a manuscript for publication etc.) for the judgment of others)

Derivation:

apply (ask (for something))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A device for applying a substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

applicator; applier

Hypernyms ("applier" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "applier"):

flux applicator (an applicator for applying flux (as in soldering))

paintbrush (a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint))

spray gun (an applicator resembling a gun for applying liquid substances (as paint) in the form of a spray)

Derivation:

apply (apply to a surface)