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conveyor

[kuhn-vey-er] / kənˈveɪ ər /
NOUN
assembly line
Synonyms
STRONGEST
production line
NOUN
bearer
Synonyms
STRONG
agent carrier courier emissary envoy internuncio messenger porter runner servant shipper transporter
WEAK
beast of burden drogher
Antonyms
STRONG
receiver
NOUN
conveyer
Synonyms
STRONG
bearer carrier courier envoy transporter
NOUN
elevator
Synonyms
STRONGEST
escalator
STRONG
dumbwaiter hoist
NOUN
transport
Synonyms
STRONGEST
shipment shipping transit transportation
STRONG
carriage carrier carrying carting conveyance conveying freightage hauling lift movement mover moving passage removal transference transferring transporting transshipment truckage vehicle
Antonyms
WEAK
remain stay
NOUN
transporter
Synonyms
STRONGEST
shipper
STRONG
agent carrier conveyer courier emissary envoy internuncio messenger porter runner servant
WEAK
beast of burden drogher
Antonyms
STRONG
receiver

Example Sentences

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A conveyor belt brings George from bed to the bathroom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

This system powers a molecular conveyor belt that moves along the surface of the cell.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Vigloo has a conveyor belt-like setup where the screenwriter, director and editor focus only on their job before passing it onto the next person.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Hundreds of discarded batteries rattle along a conveyor belt into a crusher in a remote plant in northern India, fuelling a multi-billion-dollar industry that is bolstering the country's geopolitical ambitions.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Anyway, the conveyor is moving along at roughly the speed of a moving sidewalk.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.