opener

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈoʊpənɜr/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A device or tool used for opening something, such as a bottle opener, can opener, or letter opener.; A person who opens something, such as a door or a shop.; The first item, event, or performance in a series; the opening act or number.; In cricket, one of the two batsmen who open the innings.; In baseball, a relief pitcher who starts the game for one or two innings before the traditional starter takes over.; The first goal, point, or score in a game or match.; A remark or question that begins a conversation or discussion.; A person or thing that reveals or discloses something previously hidden or unknown.; In poker, the player who makes the first bet in a round.; A substance or agent that causes something to open or expand, such as a medical agent that opens passages in the body.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: openers

Collocations

bottle openercan openereye-openerconversation openerletter openertin opener

Derivatives

openopeningopenlyopennessreopenunopened

Synonyms

uncorkerlid lifterkey

Antonyms

closersealer

Commonly confused

opening
EN: 'opening' refers to a gap, hole, or the beginning of something; 'opener' is a tool or device used to open something.

Spelling tips

EN: No common spelling issues. Note the hyphen in compound uses like 'eye-opener' and 'conversation opener' (sometimes hyphenated as 'conversation-opener').

💬 Examples

  1. She used a corkscrew opener to uncork the bottle of wine.

  2. The opener of the store arrives at six every morning to prepare for business.

  3. The band played a fast song as their opener to get the crowd excited.

  4. The openers put on a century partnership before the first wicket fell.

  5. The manager used an opener strategy, bringing in a reliever to face the top of the lineup.

  6. The striker scored the opener in the third minute of the match.

  7. His witty opener immediately put the audience at ease.

  8. The documentary served as an eye-opener about the realities of poverty.

  9. The opener raised to three big blinds, and everyone else folded.

  10. The doctor prescribed a nasal opener to relieve the patient's congestion.