RESPONDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does responder mean? 

• RESPONDER (noun)
  The noun RESPONDER has 1 sense:

1. someone who responds

  Familiarity information: RESPONDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESPONDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who responds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

answerer; respondent; responder

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

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

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

assenter (a person who assents)

equivocator; hedger; tergiversator (a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer)

interviewee (a person who is interviewed)

examinee; testee (someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination))

Derivation:

respond (show a response or a reaction to something)

respond (respond favorably or as hoped)

respond (react verbally)

 Context examples 

The findings could affect how responders decide when, where and how to use dispersants.

(Sunlight reduces effectiveness of dispersants used to clean up oil spills, National Science Foundation)

A new locator feature has since been added to not only provide search and rescue responders with confirmation of a heartbeat, but also the approximate location of trapped individuals within about five feet, depending on the type of rubble.

(DHS and NASA Technology Helps Save Four in Nepal Earthquake Disaster, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

During 2017’s Hurricane Irma, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that a simultaneous space weather event brought down radio communications used by first responders, aviation and maritime channels for eight hours on the day the hurricane made landfall.

(Newest solar telescope produces first images, National Science Foundation)

The finding suggests that responders should factor in sunlight when determining the "window of opportunity" to use dispersants effectively.

(Sunlight reduces effectiveness of dispersants used to clean up oil spills, National Science Foundation)