lifter

Plural: lifters

Noun

• A person or device that lifts.
• an athlete who lifts barbells
• a thief who steals goods that are in a store
• Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
• A weightlifter.
• Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
• A tappet.
• Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
• A delivery that bounces well off the pitch.
• Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
• A spatula.
• Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
• A thief.
• Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
• An ionocraft.
• A filter that operates on a cepstrum.

Examples

• an inveterate lifter
• As a LIFTER of low-scoring tiles, he always aimed for those double-letter scores in Words With Friends.
• heavy lifters
• hydraulic lifters
• solid lifters

Synonyms

booster, shoplifter, weightlifter, abstractor, appropriator, bagger, borrower, cribber, faker, filcher, fish slice, flogger, heister, larcener, larcenist, liberator, lifter, misappropriator, nicker, pincher, purloiner, snitch, spatula, stealer, tea leaf, thief, thiever, turner