Meanings
plural thermostats
- A device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting.
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A smart thermostat can give you remote control over your heating and air conditioning, making sure your home is as cool or toasty as you like when you get home from work or wherever else, and a great one can monitor environmental conditions and your own preferences over time, adjust your systems to keep you comfortable and save you money. That’s why we spent several months testing eight smart thermostats to find the best one for your place.
2025 January 1, Jacob Krol, “The best smart thermostats of 2025, tried and tested”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2025 - natural sciencesAn algorithm used to maintain a simulated system at a set temperature by absorbing or releasing heat
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic منظم حرارة
- منظم حرارةdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Basque termostato
- termostatodevice which maintains the desired temperature
Bulgarian термостат
- термостат (termostat)device which maintains the desired temperature
Catalan termostat
- termostatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Chinese Mandarin 恆溫器 /恒温器
- 恆溫器 /恒温器 (héngwēnqì)device which maintains the desired temperature
Czech termostat
- termostatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Danish termostat
- termostatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Dutch thermostaat
- thermostaatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Esperanto termostato
- termostatodevice which maintains the desired temperature
Finnish termostaatti
- termostaattidevice which maintains the desired temperature
French thermostat
- thermostatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
German Thermostat, Temperaturregler
- Thermostatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
- Temperaturreglerdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Greek θερμοστάτης
- θερμοστάτης (thermostátis)device which maintains the desired temperature
Hebrew תרמוסטט
- תרמוסטטdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Hindi तापस्थापी
- तापस्थापी (tāpasthāpī)device which maintains the desired temperature
Hungarian termosztát, hőszabályzó
- termosztátdevice which maintains the desired temperature
- hőszabályzódevice which maintains the desired temperature
- hőfokszabályzódevice which maintains the desired temperature
Icelandic hitastillir
- hitastillirdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Indonesian termostat
- termostatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Irish teirmeastat
- teirmeastatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Japanese サーモスタット
- サーモスタット (sāmosutatto)device which maintains the desired temperature
Korean 서모스탯, 온도조절기
- 서모스탯 (seomoseutaet)device which maintains the desired temperature
- 온도조절기 (ondojojeolgi)device which maintains the desired temperature
Latvian termostats
- termostatsdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Malay laras suhu, termostat
- laras suhudevice which maintains the desired temperature
- termostatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Māori whakaū mahana
- whakaū mahanadevice which maintains the desired temperature
Norwegian Bokmål termostat
- termostatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Persian ترموستات
- ترموستاتdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Polish termostat
- termostatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Portuguese termóstato, termostato
- termóstatodevice which maintains the desired temperature
- termostatodevice which maintains the desired temperature
Romanian termostat
- termostatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Russian термоста́т
- термоста́т (termostát)device which maintains the desired temperature
Spanish termostato, termóstato
- termostatodevice which maintains the desired temperature
- termóstatodevice which maintains the desired temperature
Swedish termostat
- termostatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Tagalog initsupil
- initsupildevice which maintains the desired temperature
Tamil வெப்பநிலைக்காப்பி
- வெப்பநிலைக்காப்பி (veppanilaikkāppi)device which maintains the desired temperature
Turkish termostat
- termostatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Vietnamese máy điều nhiệt
- máy điều nhiệtdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Welsh thermostat
- thermostatdevice which maintains the desired temperature
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with thermostat
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thermostat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermostat
“thermostat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermostat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thermostat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermostat.
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