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

2 senses of watt

Sense 1
watt, W -- (a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm)
       => power unit -- (a measure of electric power)

Sense 2
Watt, James Watt -- (Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819))
       INSTANCE OF=> engineer, applied scientist, technologist -- (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)
       INSTANCE OF=> inventor, discoverer, artificer -- (someone who is the first to think of or make something)