Joystick

//ˈd͡ʒɔɪ.stɪk//

Synonyms for "joystick" (205 found)

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Closest matches (41)

Strong matches (62)

Related words (102)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

5 entries

More specific

2 entries

Synonyms

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derived

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derived from

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has context

1 entries

is a

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related to

8 entries

Translations

56 translations across 33 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • يد noun (mechanical control device)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • coystik noun (mechanical control device)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • джо́йстик noun (mechanical control device)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 控制桿 /控制杆 noun (mechanical control device)
  • 操縱桿 /操纵杆 noun (mechanical control device)

Czech

1 entries
  • joystick noun (mechanical control device)

Danish

1 entries
  • joystick noun (mechanical control device)

Dutch

3 entries
  • bedieningshendel noun (mechanical control device)
  • joystick noun (mechanical control device)
  • stuurknuppel noun (mechanical control device)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ilotikku noun (mechanical control device)
  • joystick noun (mechanical control device)
  • ohjainsauva noun (mechanical control device)
  • sauvaohjain noun (mechanical control device)

French

4 entries
  • joystick noun (mechanical control device)
  • manche noun (mechanical control device)
  • manche à balai noun (mechanical control device)
  • manette noun (mechanical control device)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მართვის სახელური noun (mechanical control device)
  • ჯოისტიკი noun (mechanical control device)

German

2 entries
  • Joystick noun (mechanical control device)
  • Steuerknüppel noun (mechanical control device)

Greek

1 entries
  • πηδάλιο noun (mechanical control device)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • botkormány noun (mechanical control device)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • leikvölur noun (mechanical control device)
  • stýripinni noun (mechanical control device)
  • stýristautur noun (mechanical control device)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • tuas kendali noun (mechanical control device)

Italian

4 entries
  • barra di comando noun (mechanical control device)
  • cloche noun (mechanical control device)
  • joystick noun (mechanical control device)
  • leva di comando noun (mechanical control device)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ジョイスティック noun (mechanical control device)

Korean

1 entries
  • 조이스틱 noun (mechanical control device)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄັນບັງຄັບ noun (mechanical control device)

Malay

3 entries
  • kayu bedik noun (mechanical control device)
  • kayu ria noun (mechanical control device)
  • کايو ريا noun (mechanical control device)

Marathi

1 entries
  • जॉयस्टिक noun (mechanical control device)

Māori

1 entries
  • kakautohu noun (mechanical control device)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • joystick noun (mechanical control device)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • joystick noun (mechanical control device)

Polish

2 entries
  • dżojstik noun (mechanical control device)
  • joystick noun (mechanical control device)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • manche noun (mechanical control device)

Russian

1 entries
  • джо́йстик noun (mechanical control device)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • džojstik noun (mechanical control device)

Spanish

3 entries
  • columna de control noun (mechanical control device)
  • joystick noun (mechanical control device)
  • palanca de mando noun (mechanical control device)

Swedish

2 entries
  • joystick noun (mechanical control device)
  • styrspak noun (mechanical control device)

Thai

1 entries
  • จอยสติ๊ก noun (mechanical control device)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • джо́йстик noun (mechanical control device)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קאָנטראָל־שטעקל noun (mechanical control device)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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It's no use trying to find people to play Street Fighter with when you can't explain double quarter-circle joystick motions.

Source: tatoeba (712275)

You need a joystick.

Source: tatoeba (1820280)

I have a big joystick.

Source: tatoeba (10510727)

If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important.

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.