controller

Noun

Meaning

One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.

An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts.

An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

comptroller foreman head superintendent chief administrator overseer supervisor inspector control director conductor manager driver governor
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Antonyms

lackey adjutant waterman second view assistant
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Hypernyms

individual person bourgeois mechanism soul mortal

Hyponyms

nazi dial pilot governor auditor switch

Related terms

control control theory

Phrases with the word

hand controller system augmented reality controller button controller mass flow controller electronic controller telegraph controller

Examples

Controller is so intuitive, even your mom can play. Shigeru Miyamoto

Controller Borasus sighed with relief. Libraries were not places of danger. It had to be a hoax. Diana Wynne Jones

Fictional serial killers are usually more pretentious than frightening, perpetually quoting Milton or arranging their victims in poses designed to evoke the martyrdom of St Sebastian. What are you, a cold-blooded murderer or the controller of Radio 3? Charlie Brooker

I can't drive, play football without crying, or successfully use a PS3 controller. Derren Brown

A controller that cannot control itself is worse than no controller at all: If you cannot manage yourself, you have no business managing others. Gerald Weinberg

The primary symptom of a controller is denial, that is I can't see its symptoms in myself. Keith Miller

Close letter words and terms

controlledly controlledness controllee controller module controllerless controllership