Leveller

Quick meaning: Leveller is an adjective meaning (British spelling) comparative form of level: more level.

Meaning

(British spelling) comparative form of level: more level.

More Meanings

1. A person or thing that levels.
2. A person holding a political opinion in favor of eliminating disparities between the haves and the have-nots.
3. (sports) An equaliser.
4. Something that transcends people’s differences (such as social class, wealth, etc.); something that tends to eliminate advantages and disadvantages.

Example Sentences

A soil leveller is used to prepare the field before sowing.

The army is viewed not only as a social leveler but also as a means of unifying a country with three cultures and four languages.

Everything about the old man was clean, if coarse; and, with Death, the leveller, so close at hand, it was the labourer who made the first advances, and put out his horny hand to the Squire.

Cardiff pressed for a leveller to force the tie into penalties, but Stoke comfortably held out and Walters added his second finishing from a tight angle after his first shot was beaten back to him by Heaton.

Word Forms

• leveler
• levellers

Synonyms for leveller

Depending on context, synonyms include leveler.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include leveler, manifestoes, levelman, levigator, levier, levitator.

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