Synonyms for thermometer
θərˈmɒm ɪ tərther·mome·ter

Princeton's WordNet

1. thermometernoun

   measuring instrument for measuring temperature

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1. • Measuring Instrument

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1. List of paraphrases for "thermometer":

   thermometers, bulb, barometer

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1. Justin Levitt:

   Loyola Law School's like taking a clock and a thermometer and saying,' They don't match so you must be doing something wrong,'.

2. Sebastian Coe:

   We have given the opportunity for the athletes to ingest a tablet, it has a thermometer and can allow us to monitor the way they are dealing with heat and humidity, this has given us the opportunity and conditions for our medical teams and science teams to understand a great deal more about management of heat for athletes going forward.

3. Noah Kagan:

   Going to the gym together is like a thermometer, you really see how people behave. They can’t lie there and it shows you a lot about their work ethic. It’s parallel to their business life.

4. Jonathan Hausmann:

   There are some instances where doctors make black-and-white decisions based purely on the number on the thermometer, infants less than three months of age—if they have a fever, it’s a big deal. They get admitted to the hospital. If it’s 100.3 they don’t. So we’re making judgments on normal and abnormal temperatures based on information that may be inaccurate. This may lead us to overtreat some patients that don’t need to be treated and to withhold treatment from patients that should be treated.

5. 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.