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

3 senses of timer

Sense 1
timer -- (a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end)
       => timepiece, timekeeper, horologe -- (a measuring instrument or device for keeping time)

Sense 2
timekeeper, timer -- ((sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed)
       => official -- (someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling")

Sense 3
timer -- (a regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times)
       => governor, regulator -- (a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel))