Synonyms of regulator

regulator

noun

ˈre-gyə-ˌlā-tər 

as in controller

a mechanism for adjusting the operation of a device, machine, or system

the voltage regulator will make sure your car's alternator gets the right amount of electricity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• controller
• control
• selector
• switch
• lever
• actuator
• knob
• key
• dial
• button
• push button

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of regulator

Inside Canada's New Deal With China The discussions produced three agreements covering cooperation between the countries' finance ministries, financial regulators and central banks. — Rich Percival, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026

Corporate chiefs today are more replaceable (and replaced) than ever, as the job has come to hinge more on handling constituencies of investors, regulators, and us in the media than on mastery of any particular corporate engine room. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2026

Before her ouster, Bondi and Woodward tried to keep her from attending a meeting of antitrust regulators under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Rex Frazier, a former regulator with the department and president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California, an industry trade group, took issue with the judge’s contention that a rate increase triggers an automatic public hearing. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026