Synonyms for controller
kənˈtroʊ lərcon·troller

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. accountant, comptroller, controllernoun

   someone who maintains and audits business accounts

   Synonyms:
   control, restrainer, accountant, comptroller

2. restrainer, controllernoun

   a person who directs and restrains

   Synonyms:
   control, comptroller, restrainer, accountant

3. control, controllernoun

   a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine

   "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her"

   Synonyms:
   accountant, control, restrainer, mastery, ascendancy, command, ascendency, ascendance, dominance, restraint, comptroller, ascendence, control condition

Matched Categories

1. • Businessperson
   • Mechanism
   • Person

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. controllernoun

   Synonyms:
   governor, regulator, ruler, comptroller

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1. List of paraphrases for "controller":

   driver, comptroller, handler, controllers, drivers, supervisor, controlling, handle, comptrollership, regulator, auditor, control, device

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1. Tim Donnelly:

   I want to play you a little clip of the dictator-in-chief, the gun-controller-in-chief, I don't know what to call him today, who--this is his reaction and it's completely devoid of the same passion that he would have had if this individual had been Dylann Roof who killed nine black people in a church and could easily be demonized as a white supremacist, whereas these are Obama's people, the Islamic people.

2. Dan Adamski:

   The new engine controller … controls valve positions, propellants [and] stuff like that going through the engine, just like you’re not using the same computer that you used five years ago, we’re not using the same controller or computer that we used 20 or 30 years ago on the space shuttle main engine.

3. Jason Cooper:

   It was a very intense day at the office, most days here are hard work, some are harder than others. You don't get a job as a Heathrow controller and expect to put your feet up for a couple of hours.

4. Radiologist Steffen Ross:

   The gaming industry is a real big area, you get completely immersed into gaming scenes and you can interact with the right controller with the scene you are playing and also kind of rapid prototyping, so I think of automobile industry or something like that, where you want to see 3D structures, 3D models.

5. Adar Poonawalla:

   We have already applied to the drug controller’s office for the bridging trial, a few days ago, so they should also give that approval soon now.