Air traffic controller is an extremely high pressure job.
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Controller
//kənˈtɹəʊlə//
Synonyms for "controller" (94 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (47)
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23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
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1 entrieshas context
7 entriesrelated to
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Translations
105 translations across 29 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- кантралёр noun (person who controls something)
Bulgarian
4 entries- контро́лер noun (electronics: device for controlling)
- контро́лер noun (computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine)
- контро́лер noun (video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games)
- контрольо́р noun (person who controls something)
Czech
4 entries- kontrolor noun (person who controls something)
- kontrolorka noun (person who controls something)
- ovladač noun (person who controls something)
- řadič noun (computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine)
Dutch
1 entries- controller noun (video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games)
Esperanto
1 entries- regilo noun (electronics: device for controlling)
Finnish
4 entries- ajuri noun (computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine)
- controller noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
- johtaja noun (person who controls something)
- kirjanpitopäällikkö noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
French
4 entries- contrôleur noun (person who controls something)
- contrôleur noun (electronics: device for controlling)
- contrôleur noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
- contrôleuse noun (person who controls something)
Galician
1 entries- mando noun (video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games)
German
4 entries- Aufseher noun (person who controls something)
- Buchprüfer noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
- Controller noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
- Controller noun (computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine)
Greek
3 entries- διευθυντής noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
- ελεγκτής noun (person who controls something)
- ελεγκτής noun (computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine)
Hindi
2 entries- नियंत्रक noun (person who controls something)
- लेखानियंत्रक noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
Ido
1 entries- chefkontrolisto noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
Irish
2 entries- ard-reachtaire noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
- stiúrthóir noun (person who controls something)
Italian
4 entries- controller noun (video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games)
- controllo noun (computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine)
- controllore noun (person who controls something)
- controllore noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
Latin
2 entries- moderātor noun (person who controls something)
- moderātrix noun (person who controls something)
Macedonian
1 entries- контроло́р noun (person who controls something)
Marathi
1 entries- जॉय्पॅड noun (video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games)
Māori
2 entries- kaiwhakahaere noun (person who controls something)
- pūwhakamana noun (computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine)
Polish
4 entries- kontroler noun (person who controls something)
- kontroler noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
- kontroler noun (computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine)
- kontroler noun (video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games)
Portuguese
4 entries- auditor noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
- comando noun (video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games)
- controlador noun (person who controls something)
- controlador noun (computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine)
Romanian
4 entries- controler noun (computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine)
- controler noun (video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games)
- controloare noun (person who controls something)
- controlor noun (person who controls something)
Russian
3 entries- контро́ллер noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
- контро́ллер noun (computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine)
- контролёр noun (person who controls something)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- rianadair noun (computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kontròlōr noun (person who controls something)
- контро̀ло̄р noun (person who controls something)
Slovak
3 entries- kontrolór noun (person who controls something)
- kontrolórka noun (person who controls something)
- ovládač noun (person who controls something)
Slovene
1 entries- krmilnik noun (person who controls something)
Spanish
4 entries- contralor noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
- control noun (video games: hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games)
- controlador noun (person who controls something)
- controlador noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
Swedish
4 entries- controller noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
- kontrollant noun (person who controls something)
- reglage noun (computer hardware: mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine)
- styrekonom noun (the chief accountant of a company or government)
Ukrainian
1 entries- контроле́р noun (person who controls something)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Please connect a controller.
Source: tatoeba (666481)
This controller has accelerometers in it so it can send a farewell transmission as your child chucks it out the window.
Source: tatoeba (712832)
It's a way of making sure that the controller is not too aggressive.
Source: tatoeba (774299)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.