Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "clock" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

airport car department store desk house office office building own bedroom school room shelf store table train station wall

Capable Of

continue ticking continue to tick face doorway fail to work stop working tell time time event time race wind down working correctly

Coordinate Terms

check out scope out

Derived Terms

12-hour clock 24-hour clock 400-day clock Act of Parliament clock Clockgate Doomsday Clock Etho hopper clock Horvath clock Jack o' the clock Japanese clock Riefler clock Shortt clock a broken clock is right twice a day a stopped clock is right twice a day against the clock alarm clock alarum clock analog clock analogue clock anniversary clock around the clock around-the-clock astronomical clock atomic clock attoclock balloon clock banjo clock beat the clock beer clock bioclock biological clock black clock body clock bracket clock bum-clock bushman's clock caesium clock calendar clock carriage clock case clock chemical clock chess clock circadian clock clean someone's clock clock app clock calm clock cycle clock down clock face clock gable clock generator clock golf clock hour clock in clock is running clock is ticking clock it clock jack clock move clock off clock on clock onto clock out clock paradox clock patience clock radio clock rate clock signal clock skew clock speed clock star clock system clock the tea clock time clock tower clock up clock vine clock watcher clock wipe clock-face timetable clock-jobber clock-watch clock-watcher clock-watching clockable clockcase clocker clockhouse clockless clocklike clockmaker clockmaking clockpunk clockroom clockspring clocksucker clocktower clockward clockware clockweight clockwinder clockwise clockwork clocky continuous clock cuckoo clock dandelion clock death clock digital clock downclock drumhead clock eight-day clock epigenetic clock equation clock even a stopped clock is right twice a day face that would stop a clock fix someone's clock flip clock flog the clock floral clock flower clock game clock get one's clock cleaned grandfather clock grandfather's clock grandmother clock hydrogen maser atomic clock light clock logical clock longcase clock longitude clock master clock microbial clock milk the clock misclock molecular clock mystery clock o'clock of the clock off the clock on the clock optical lattice clock over-clock overclock pendulum clock pigeon clock play clock pocket clock pulsar clock punch clock put the clock back put the clock forward quartz clock quartz-crystal clock race against the clock radio alarm clock radio clock reclock ride the clock round the clock round-the-clock run down the clock run out the clock run the clock down sand clock segmentation clock self-clocking settler's clock shepherd's clock shot clock skeleton clock slave clock speaking clock star clock stop clock stop someone's clock stopped clock illusion stream clock striking clock synchronized clock talking clock tall-case clock the clock around ticking clock time clock time delay and integration clock townhall clock turn back the clock turn the clock back twenty-four hour clock twenty-four-hour clock underclock upclock vase clock vector clock wall clock wall-clock time watchclock watchman's clock water clock waterclock whatever winds your clock wind back the clock world clock

Distinct From

watch

Etymologically Related To

laugh

Has Part

face twelve numbers

Context

british computing electronics new zealand slang

Has Property

analog or digital

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

horologe measure quantify timekeeper timepiece

Type Of (IsA)

device interesting invention machine mechanical device mechanical or electronic device non agentive artifact opaque thing timepiece very complex machine

Manner Of

quantify

Receives Action

found in car found in house

Related Terms

meter watch

Related Terms

accuracy alarm analog appliance arms arms numbers around beetle big big hand big timepiece big watch bigger bigger watch category chip circle circuit circular classroom classroom doors clock face cluck counting counting time cpu cuckoo cycle dandelion device devise dial digital display doors dung beetle electrical european face face hand falsify finding finding time for time for timekeeping for timing furniture gauge general general category giver hand handles hands hands face hands numbers hands numerals head hit hour hour hands hours hours minutes in towers indication instrument item keeper keeping keeps keeps time knowing knowing time large large timepiece large watch like like watch machine measure measure time measurement measures measures time measuring measuring device measuring time mechanism meter minute minute hand minutes minutes seconds module motor vehicle mounted needles nice numbers numbers around numbers hands numerals object odometer on wall on walls piece portable read read time realise recognize related related time round round dial round timepiece saying saying time seconds seed semiconductor shows shows time signal sock speed stocking sundial synchronize t state tell tell time teller telling telling time tells tells time tick tick tick ticking ticking hands ticking instrument time time accuracy time clock time device time devise time display time gauge time giver time indication time instrument time keeper time keeping time machine time measure time measurement time measuring time mechanism time meter time object time piece time teller time telling timekeeper timekeeping timekeeping device timekeeping machine timepiece timing timing device towers twelve twelve numbers two two hands used used time usually usually round wall wall mounted wall piece wall timepiece wall watch walls watch

Synonym Network

check out odometer slug time timepiece

Used For

add another face to room add to decor artificial attempt to measure nature check time chime in when need clock time decoration get to events on time inaccurate timekeeper indicate time indicating time keeping time keeping track of time know time measure time measuring passage of time people see what time set alarm setting alarm time event timing waking up

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