What is another word for time machine?

Pronunciation: [tˈa͡ɪm məʃˈiːn] (IPA)

A time machine is a fictional device used to travel through time. There are several synonyms for the word time machine, including chronoporter, temporal transporter, tachyonic transporter, chronomobile, and temporal displacement device. These terms are used in science fiction stories and movies, and they all refer to a device that allows people to move through time, either to the past or future. Some synonyms, such as the chronoporter and chronomobile, imply that the device is portable and can be moved from one location to another, while others, such as the temporal transporter, suggest that the device is stationary and used in a fixed location.

What are the hypernyms for Time machine?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Time machine?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for time machine (as nouns)

Famous quotes with Time machine

  • When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It's like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.
    Haruki Murakami
  • Some countries and some people are so primitively religious and so underdeveloped that they don’t need a time machine to go back to the past; they are already in there, in the very distant and dark past!
    Mehmet Murat ildan
  • Only a writer can ride a time machine and change the future when he is not there.
    Debasish Mridha
  • In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras.
    Tom Nolan
  • Let anyone who believes that a high standard of living is the achievement of labor unions and government controls ask himself the following question: If one had a "time machine" and transported the united labor chieftains of America, plus three million government bureaucrats, back to the tenth century—would they be able to provide the medieval serf with electric light, refrigerators, automobiles, and television sets?
    Ayn Rand

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