timer

Agent noun of time: someone or something that times.

Noun

  1. Agent noun of time: someone or something that times.
    • start the timer when you hear the gunshot

    Synonyms: timepiece

    1. A device used to measure amounts of time.

    2. Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.

    3. A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.

      Synonyms: timekeeper

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English timer From time (verb) + -er.

Forms

timers

Related

all-timer two-timer programmable stopwatch time switch

Derived

autotimer chess timer eggtimer egg timer egg-timer kitchen timer sand timer self timer sprinkler timer teletimer watchdog timer

Noun in compounds

  1. One who has done something a certain number of times.
    • third-timer
  2. One characterized by a certain time or time frame, such as their work hours.

Origin

From time (noun) + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

Forms

timers

Related

one-timer

Derived

big-timer first-timer full-timer good-timer half-timer nine-timer old timer part-timer short-timer small-timer whole-timer