Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cogwheel
1 sense of cogwheel
Sense 1
gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel -- (a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion)
=> wheel -- (a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines))