English noun: controller | |||
1. | controller (person) someone who maintains and audits business accounts | ||
Synonyms | accountant, comptroller | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bourgeois, businessperson | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | auditor, bean counter, bookkeeper, certified public accountant, chartered accountant, cost accountant, CPA | ||
2. | controller (person) a person who directs and restrains | ||
Synonyms | restrainer | ||
Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | nazi, overcomer, subduer, suppresser, suppressor, surmounter, withholder | ||
3. | controller (artifact) a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine | ||
Samples | The speed controller on his turntable was not working properly. I turned the controls over to her. | ||
Synonyms | control | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mechanism | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cruise control, dial, disk controller, electric switch, electrical switch, governor, handwheel, joystick, regulator, regulator, switch, valve | ||