Governor Synonyms

gŭvər-nər
An administrator
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. director
  2. presiding officer
  3. ruler
Chief executive of a major political division
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. executive head of a state
  2. provincial magistrate
  3. territorial executive
  4. local executive
  5. representative of the crown
  6. gubernatorial leader
  7. gubernator (Latin)
  8. governor of the state
A regulating mechanism
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. automatic control
  2. fuel control
  3. heat control
  4. thermocouple
  5. thermostat
  6. on-off thermostat
  7. regulator
  8. alarm
  9. rheostat
  10. butterfly valve

Words Related to Governor

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Governor Sentence Examples

  • The governor was much pleased with this answer.

  • He was then sent as governor to Sicily, the richest of the Roman provinces.

  • In 1867 he became governor of Turkestan, and held the post until his death, making himself a name in the expansion of the empire in central Asia.

  • She grabbed the closest object, a brass paperweight, and hurled it at him, bouncing it off a picture of her shaking hands with the late governor, sending glass flying.

  • Do you remember Dr. Garcelon, who was Governor of Maine several years ago?

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