Synonyms for time-piece
- noun
Most common
All synonyms
Noun
time-keeper, hour glass, watch, clock, timer, chronometer, chronograph, sundial, metronome, repeater, gnomon, horloge rare, clepsydra rare, chronoscope rare, isochronon rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A chronometer (any device used to tell the time of day), particularly a clock lacking a chime or similar sounding mechanism.
The only timepiece she allowed in the house was a sundial. She usually kept the curtains pulled.
Forms
- Plural
- time-pieces → time-keepers, watches, clocks, timers…
Example sentences
- watch Bob hurried home in order to watch the TV program.
- timer The hostage-taker activated the timer of the bomb.
By length
- 5 letters
- watch1, clock1, timer2
- 6 letters
- gnomon
- 7 letters
- sundial2, horloge
- 8 letters
- repeater3
- 9 letters
- metronome, clepsydra
- 10 letters
- isochronon
- 11 letters
- chronograph, chronometer, chronoscope
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timer2 = 2 syllables).