Synonyms for clock
klɒkclock

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:2.6 / 5 votes

1. clockverb

   a timepiece that shows the time of day

2. clock, timeverb

   measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time

   "he clocked the runners"

   Synonyms:
   time

Matched Categories

1. • Measure

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. clocknoun

   Synonyms:
   timepiece, timekeeper, horologe, clepsydra, isochronon, scarab, scarabee, beetle

   Associated words:
   horology, horography, horologiography, pendulum, strike, dial, tick

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "clock":

   pendulum, clocking, watch, roughy, 'clock, stopwatch, timer, countdown, hour

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clock

   Synonyms:
   See Start the clock, Stopping the clock
   

2. CLOCK

   Synonyms:
   clock homolog (mouse), clock (mouse) homolog, bHLHe8, circadian locomoter output cycles kaput protein, KAT13D, circadian locomoter output cycles protein kaput, KIAA0334, BHLHE8, Class E basic helix-loop-helix protein 8, hCLOCK, EC 2.3.1.48

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How to use clock in a sentence?

1. Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images:

   I was in the bed, in the cot, when they opened the door because it's one o'clock and about four or five guys yelling: 'Bill, get up. You're going home,'.

2. Dak Prescott:

   Ya, I thought they were going to put time back on the clock.

3. Harold Monro:

   When the tea is brought at five o'clock And all the neat curtains are drawn with care, The little black cat with bright green eyes Is suddenly purring there.

4. Jamie Zeitzer:

   The circadian clock is the central conductor of the many clocks that are found in nearly all tissues of your body, this clock remains synchronized with the external day through regular exposure to light.

5. Mitch Hedberg:

   I don't have a microwave oven but I do have a clock that occasionally cooks shit.