Word

controller, n.
(controllers)
freq. cnt. 2

someone who maintains and audits business accounts
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

accountant comptroller controller

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derivationally related form

controllership control

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accountantship accountancy account

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derivationally related form

comptrollership

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hypernym

businessperson, bourgeois

hyponym

auditor bean counter bookkeeper certified public accountant, CPA chartered accountant cost accountant

a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

control controller

sample sentences

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

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derivationally related form

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hyponym

cruise control dial disk controller governor, regulator handwheel joystick regulator switch, electric switch, electrical switch valve

a person who directs and restrains
<noun.person>

controller restrainer

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restrain restrain restrain restrain

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derivationally related form

control control

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hypernym

person, individual, someone, soul, mortal, somebody

hyponym

nazi subduer, surmounter, overcomer suppressor, suppresser withholder