detector

/dɪtˈɛktɚ/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
2. rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave
3. electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity

Synonyms for detector

• sensor
• sensing element
• demodulator

Words that rhyme with detector

• sector
• director
• collector
• vector
• effector
• nectar
• elector
• hector
• inspector
• lector
• projector
• reflector
• specter
• spectre
• connecter
• connector
• defector
• deflector
• injector
• objector
• prospector
• protector
• rector
• decter
• derecktor
• ector
• erector
• fechter
• lecter
• newvector