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Controller

One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.

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Broader term 5

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Bourgeois 76% connected

A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Mechanism 76% connected

The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anythi…

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Narrower term 13

Auditor 76% connected

A hearer or listener.

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Bookkeeper 76% connected

One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.

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Dial 76% connected

An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; bu…

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Governor 76% connected

One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pe…

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Handwheel 76% connected

Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted.

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Overcomer 76% connected

One who overcomes.

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Regulator 76% connected

One who, or that which, regulates.

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Subduer 76% connected

One who, or that which, subdues; a conqueror.

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Suppressor 76% connected

One who suppresses.

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Surmounter 76% connected

One who, or that which, surmounts.

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Switch 76% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Valve 76% connected

A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door.

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Withholder 76% connected

One who withholds.

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Derivationally related 10

Constrain 74% connected

To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

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Constrain 74% connected

To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

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Control 74% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Control 74% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Cumber 74% connected

To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruc…

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Cumber 74% connected

To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruc…

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Restrain 74% connected

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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Restrain 74% connected

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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Synonym 3

Accountant 92% connected

One who renders account; one accountable.

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Control 92% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Restrainer 92% connected

One who, or that which, restrains.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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