Synonyms of the word

timer

• n. Someone or something which times.
• n. A device used to measure amounts of time.
• n. Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount…

governor

• n. (politics) The chief executive officer of a province or provincial-level division of a country.
• n. A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
• n. A member of a decision-making for an organization or entity (including some public agencies) similar to…
• n. (informal) father.
• n. (informal) Boss, employer.
• n. (grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
• n. (dated) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
• n. (nautical) A pilot; a steersman.

horologe

• n. (obsolete) A clock or watch.

official

• adj. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
• adj. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue…
• adj. Approved by authority; authorized.
• adj. sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
• adj. Discharging an office or function.
• adj. Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
• adj. Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the…
• adj. True, real, beyond doubt.
• n. An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
• n. A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.

regulator

• n. A device that controls or limits something.
• n. A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law.
• n. A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
• n. (genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
• n. (rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.

timekeeper

• n. A device that shows the time; a timepiece.
• n. A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employees.
• n. A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.

timepiece

• n. Any device that measures or registers time; a clock or watch, especially one lacking a chime or other…