controller
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who maintains and audits business accounts
Types & categories
- bourgeois hypernym
- auditor hyponym
- bean counter hyponym
- bookkeeper hyponym
- certified public accountant hyponym
- chartered accountant hyponym
- cost accountant hyponym
Related & opposite
- accountantship derivation
- comptrollership derivation
- controllership derivation
- accountancy derivation
- control derivation
- account derivation
Sense 2 noun
a person who directs and restrains
Types & categories
- person hypernym
- nazi hyponym
- subduer hyponym
- suppressor hyponym
- withholder hyponym
Related & opposite
- throttle derivation
- constrain derivation
- restrain derivation
- keep in line derivation
- intimidate derivation
- restrain derivation
- control derivation
Sense 3 noun
a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly
Types & categories
- mechanism hypernym
- cruise control hyponym
- dial hyponym
- disk controller hyponym
- governor hyponym
- handwheel hyponym
- joystick hyponym
- regulator hyponym
- switch hyponym
- valve hyponym
Related & opposite
- control derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | accountantship |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | comptrollership |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | controllership |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | accountancy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | control |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | account |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bourgeois |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | auditor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bean counter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bookkeeper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | certified public accountant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chartered accountant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cost accountant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | throttle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | constrain |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | restrain |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | keep in line |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intimidate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | restrain |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | control |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nazi |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | subduer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | suppressor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | withholder |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | control |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mechanism |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cruise control |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dial |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | disk controller |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | governor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | handwheel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | joystick |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | regulator |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | switch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | valve |