Synonyms for gadget
- noun
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All synonyms
Noun
contraption, widget informal, device, contrivance, appliance, convenience, hickey, dingus informal US ZA CA, hootenanny, doodad, doodah UK, gimmick, jigger, gubbins, dohickey, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, dojigger informal, gizmo slang, doohickey slang
Definitions
- n. 1
Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated.
He bought a neat new gadget for shredding potatoes.
Related words
- Word family
- gadgetry
Forms
- Plural
- gadgets → contraptions, widgets, devices, contrivances…
Example sentences
- device It's an attractive price, for this sort of device.
- appliance The appliance is wonderfully simple to operate.
- contraption What a peculiar contraption! What on earth is that for?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| gadget | rising | |
| device | steady | |
| appliance | falling | |
| contraption | rising | |
| contrivance | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- gizmo2
- 6 letters
- device2, hickey2, widget2, dingus2, jigger, doodad2, doodah
- 7 letters
- gimmick2, gubbins2
- 8 letters
- dohickey, dojigger
- 9 letters
- appliance3, doohickey, thingummy
- 10 letters
- hootenanny
- 11 letters
- convenience3, contraption3, contrivance3, thingumabob, thingumajig
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gizmo2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- gadget
- Deutsch
- Schnickschnack