messengers
Bearers of news
Messengers is the plural of messenger—people who carry messages or deliver communications between parties.
The term extends to anyone or anything that conveys information: The messengers brought news from the front.
In biology, messenger RNA carries genetic instructions.
Courier services employ messengers for package delivery.
Don't shoot the messenger warns against blaming bearers of bad news.
Conveyance of goods
- carrierOne that transports
- postmanMail delivery worker
- mailmanPostal delivery worker
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
package · dispatch · express · bicycle · motorcycle · tracking · signature · doorstep
One who foreshadows
- forerunnerOne that comes before
- precursorSomething that comes first
- omenProphetic indicator
- signMark conveying information
portent · augury · prophet · oracle · announcement · proclamation · trumpet · fanfare
Vehicles under unified command
- quickMoving with speed
- speedyCharacterized by quickness
- rapidMoving with haste
- nimbleQuick and light-moving
agile · winged · Mercury · Hermes · carrier pigeon · express · urgent · dispatch
Agent sent abroad
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- diplomatOfficial foreign representative
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- representativeOne who acts for another
intermediary · negotiator · liaison · go-between · proxy · agent · consul · attaché
delivery
Conveyance of goods
parcel · package · dispatch · express · bicycle · motorcycle · tracking · signature · doorstep · uniform
harbinger
One who foreshadows
- forerunnerOne that comes before
- precursorSomething that comes first
- omenProphetic indicator
sign · portent · augury · prophet · oracle · announcement · proclamation · trumpet · fanfare · clarion
fleet
Vehicles under unified command
nimble · agile · winged · Mercury · Hermes · carrier pigeon · express · urgent · dispatch · haste
emissary
Agent sent abroad
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- diplomatOfficial foreign representative
- delegateEntrust authority to another
representative · intermediary · negotiator · liaison · go-between · proxy · agent · consul · attaché · mediator
app
Mobile device software
- chatInformal verbal exchange
- instantBriefest unit of time
- notificationFormal notice given
text · SMS · WhatsApp · Telegram · Signal · Facebook · inbox · ping · alert · thread
- Ancient PersiaPersepolis, Cyrus the Great, Xerxes, Behistun inscription, satrap
- bringerscarriers, couriers, bearers, deliverers, porters
- indigenous signalssmoke signals, signal fires, talking drums, hand signals, conch shell
- communication methodsphone line, radio, telephone, television, text
- angelsarchangels, Michael, Gabriel, seraphim, archangel
- ancient mailcouriers, postal routes, relay stations, mail delivery, letter carriers
messengersreceivers
Those who accept transmissions
recipients · addressees · audiences · listeners · readers
messengerssenders
Those who transmit items
originators · authors · sources · composers · dispatchers
- don't shoot the messengerDon't punish the informer
- shoot the messengerBlame the bearer, not source
- shot the messengerPunished informer for tidings
- shooting the messengerPunishing bearer of unwelcome news
- kill the messengerPunish bearer of bad news
- messenger bagShoulder bag with flap