TRAILER
Dictionary entry overview: What does trailer mean?
• TRAILER (noun)
The noun TRAILER has 4 senses:
1. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
2. an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
3. a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor
4. a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy
Familiarity information: TRAILER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• TRAILER (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
lagger; laggard; dawdler; trailer; poke; drone
Hypernyms ("trailer" is a kind of...):
bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trailer"):
lingerer; loiterer (someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place)
plodder; slowcoach; slowpoke; stick-in-the-mud (someone who moves slowly)
potterer; putterer (a person who putters about)
straggler; strayer (someone who strays or falls behind)
Meaning:
An advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
preview; prevue; trailer
Hypernyms ("trailer" is a kind of...):
ad; advert; advertisement; advertising; advertizement; advertizing (a public promotion of some product or service)
Meaning:
A large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("trailer" is a kind of...):
conveyance; transport (something that serves as a means of transportation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trailer"):
car carrier (a trailer that can be loaded with new cars for delivery to sales agencies)
semi; semitrailer (a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle)
Holonyms ("trailer" is a part of...):
articulated lorry; rig; semi; tractor trailer; trailer truck; trucking rig (a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together)
Meaning:
A wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
house trailer; trailer
Hypernyms ("trailer" is a kind of...):
wheeled vehicle (a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trailer"):
camper trailer (a trailer equipped for occupancy (especially for holiday trips))
manufactured home; mobile home (a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing)
