Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun joystick

2 senses of joystick

Sense 1
stick, control stick, joystick -- (a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane)
       => lever -- (a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum)

Sense 2
joystick -- (a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers)
       => control, controller -- (a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her")
       => data input device, input device -- (a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device)