NOUN | person | bell ringer, toller, ringer | a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) |
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person | bell ringer | someone who plays musical handbells | |
act | bell ringer, bull's eye, mark, home run | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal |
Meaning | A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation). | |
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Synonyms | toller, ringer | |
Broader | signaler, signaller | someone who communicates by signals |
Spanish | campanera, campanero |
Meaning | someone who plays musical handbells. | |
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Broader | musician, instrumentalist, player | someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) |
Meaning | Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal. | |
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Example | "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer" | |
Synonyms | bull's eye, mark, home run | |
Broader | success | An attainment that is successful |
Usage of | trope, figure of speech, figure, image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
Spanish | acierto, diana |
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