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Synonyms for thingamajig

Most common

thingy gimmick widget jigger

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Something that one does not know the name of.

    He used this, this... this thingamajig you saw him with the other day to fix the problem.

Forms

Plural
thingamajigs → thingies, widgets, jiggers, gimmicks…

Example sentences

  • thingy Tom, give me that thingy over there, please.
  • gimmick It's a clever marketing gimmick.
  • widget It's the widget that overcomes web marketing's weaknesses.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
thingamajigrising
thingyrising
gimmickfalling
widgetrising
jiggersteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
gizmo2
6 letters
thingy2, hickey2, widget2, dingus2, jigger, doodad2, doodah, thingo
7 letters
gimmick2, gubbins2, whatsis
8 letters
dojigger
9 letters
doohickey, thingummy
10 letters
hootenanny, domajigger, thingmabob, thingmajig
11 letters
thingamabob4, thingumabob, thingumajig
15 letters
whatchamacallit

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gizmo2 = 2 syllables).

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