Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun remote_control
1 sense of remote control
Sense 1
remote control, remote -- (a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV")
=> device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water")