Antonyms for adapter


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-dap-ter
Phonetic Transcription : əˈdæp tər


Definition of adapter

Origin :
  • 1801, agent noun from adapt. Electrical engineering sense from 1907.
  • As in attachment : noun fastening
  • As in attachment : noun something joined, fastened to another
  • As in translator : noun interpreter
Example sentences :
  • Poems by Collin and Carpani, the adapter of the text, were presented to him.
  • Extract from : « The Standard Oratorios » by George P. Upton
  • These reveal Shakespeare undisguisedly as an adapter of plays by other hands.
  • Extract from : « A Life of William Shakespeare » by Sidney Lee
  • Sometimes he takes his adapter with him to see these French plays.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905 » by Various
  • Burton, indeed, hailed the adapter of Omar Khayyam as a "fellow Sufi."
  • Extract from : « The Life of Sir Richard Burton » by Thomas Wright
  • The hand of the adapter, the interpolator and the reviser is unmistakably present.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Jesus is He a Myth? » by M. M. Mangasarian
  • This we should of course expect from an adapter of existing 'prophecies.'
  • Extract from : « The Making of the New Testament » by Benjamin W. Bacon
  • The prism and eye-piece are then rotated together in the adapter.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 » by Various
  • But Assyria itself had been equally an adapter and intermediary.
  • Extract from : « The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature » by Various
  • Don't try to slide the adapter into the opening from the top.
  • Extract from : « The Science of Fingerprints » by Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Did the adapter of the fifth book sign his work in this indirect fashion?
  • Extract from : « Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. » by Francois Rabelais

Synonyms for adapter

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