Synonyms for doohickey
- noun
All synonyms
Noun
thingamajig informal, widget, gimmick, dingbat, gubbins, doodad, doodah UK, whatchamacallit informal, thingumabob, thingummy, thingmabob, thingmajig, whatsis, thingumajig, dojigger informal, thingy, hickey, dingus, gizmo slang, gadget dated, thingamabob slang, hootenanny dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)
What does this doohickey do?
Forms
- Plural
- doohickeys → thingamajigs, widgets, gimmicks, dingbats…
Example sentences
- widget It's the widget that overcomes web marketing's weaknesses.
- dingbat Don't pay attention to him. He's a real dingbat.
- doodad I can't remember where this little doodad goes.
By length
- 5 letters
- gizmo2
- 6 letters
- gadget2, thingy2, hickey2, widget2, dingus2, doodad2, doodah
- 7 letters
- gimmick2, dingbat, gubbins2, whatsis
- 8 letters
- dojigger
- 9 letters
- thingummy
- 10 letters
- hootenanny, thingmabob, thingmajig
- 11 letters
- thingamajig, thingamabob4, thingumabob, thingumajig
- 15 letters
- whatchamacallit
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gizmo2 = 2 syllables).