Antonyms for thermostat
ˈθɜr məˌstætther·mo·stat

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1. thermostat, thermoregulatorverb

   a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat

   Synonyms:
   thermoregulator

2. thermostatverb

   control the temperature with a thermostat

How to use thermostat in a sentence?

1. Deke Arndt:

   One or two degrees may not sound like much, but raising your thermostat by just that amount will make a noticeable effect on your comfort.

2. Aaron Studwell:

   People who would normally be going to work yesterday and today aren't, people who would put the thermostat at 66 when they went to work now keep it at 70, and you've got millions of people doing that.

3. Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 1963:

   The church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society.

4. Glenn Lurie:

   Once you’ve told your home when the car is (for instance)within 20 feet of the house to please open the garage door, put the lights on, turn the alarm off, move the thermostat up, you can have those inanimate objects, the home and your car, really taking care of you.

5. Di Castelnuovo:

   My heat, my thermostat, is actually paying for Putin’s missiles and bombs, it is good enough for me to lower it by 2 degrees and wear a jumper instead.

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