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

3 senses of processor

Sense 1
processor -- (a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market)
       => business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation -- (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern")

Sense 2
processor -- (someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.))
       => worker -- (a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker")

Sense 3
central processing unit, CPU, C.P.U., central processor, processor, mainframe -- ((computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached")
       => electronic equipment -- (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))
       => hardware, computer hardware -- ((computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system)