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Conductor

One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.

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Broader term 7

Accumulator 76% connected

One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses.

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Collector 76% connected

One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.;…

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Gatherer 76% connected

One who gathers or collects.

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Material 76% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Musician 76% connected

One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.

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Stuff 76% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Narrower term 13

Bandmaster 76% connected

The conductor of a musical band.

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Bus 76% connected

An omnibus.

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Bypass 76% connected

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Cable 76% connected

A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire,…

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Conductress 76% connected

A woman who leads or directs; a directress.

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Copper 76% connected

A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol C…

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Cord 76% connected

A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

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Electrode 76% connected

The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from…

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Shunt 76% connected

To shun; to move from.

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Silver 76% connected

A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with…

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Wire 76% connected

A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a…

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Derivationally related 4

Conduct 74% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Conduct 74% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Transmit 74% connected

To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, t…

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Transmit 74% connected

To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, t…

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Synonym 1

Director 92% connected

One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent.

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Antonym 2

Dielectric 94% connected

Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction; a nonconductor. s…

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Dielectric 94% connected

Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction; a nonconductor. s…

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