timekeeper

noun

time·​keep·​er ˈtīm-ˌkē-pər 

1

: a person appointed to mark and announce the time in an athletic game or contest

2

: timepiece

3

: a clerk who keeps records of the time worked by employees

timekeeping

ˈtīm-ˌkē-piŋ 

noun

Synonyms of timekeeper

• clock

Examples of timekeeper in a Sentence

The timekeeper forgot to stop the clock during the team's last time-out.

the museum includes some ancient water clocks and sundials in its collection of historical timekeepers

Recent Examples on the Web

Evans hit another amazing dive to the outside on Theory before tossing Breakker into the timekeepers area. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

As the timekeepers speak, 90 minutes before the peloton is due in Belfort on stage 13, their work is all but done. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 20 July 2026

The accelerating rotation is fast enough, however, that timekeepers foresee the need for the first ever negative leap second—which could cause unknown and potentially catastrophic infrastructure problems. — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 July 2026

Since a nucleus is far better shielded from environmental disturbances than the electrons used in atomic clocks, nuclear clocks could eventually become the most precise timekeepers ever built. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1674, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for timekeeper

• beekeeper
• bookkeeper
• doorkeeper
• gamekeeper
• gatekeeper
• goalkeeper
• housekeeper
• innkeeper
• minesweeper
• peacekeeper
• shopkeeper
• storekeeper

Kids Definition

timekeeper

noun

time·​keep·​er ˈtīm-ˌkē-pər 

1

: a clerk who keeps records of the time worked by employees

2

: an official who keeps track of the playing time in a sports contest