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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 | ||
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