Synonyms for thingummy
All synonyms
Noun
1. Widget
widget, doodad, doodah UK, gimmick, hickey, hootenanny, gubbins, thingumabob, dojigger informal, thingamajig informal, whatchamacallit informal, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingum, whatsis, thingumajig, gadget, dingus, jigger, gizmo slang, doohickey slang, thingamabob slang
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Definitions
- n. 1
Synonym of thingy: something one cannot remember the name of, or is unable to or does not care to specify precisely.
Related words
- Other spellings
- thingamy thingumy
Forms
- Plural
- thingummies → widgets, doodads, gimmicks, hickeys…
Example sentences
- gimmick It's a clever marketing gimmick.
- hickey Tom saw that Mary had a hickey on her neck.
- widget It's the widget that overcomes web marketing's weaknesses.
- doodad I can't remember where this little doodad goes.
- thingy Tom, give me that thingy over there, please.
- whatshisname Are you still seeing whatshisname?
By length
- 5 letters
- gizmo2
- 6 letters
- gadget2, thingy2, hickey2, widget2, dingus2, jigger, doodad2, doodah
- 7 letters
- gimmick2, gubbins2, thingum, whatsis
- 8 letters
- dojigger
- 9 letters
- doohickey
- 10 letters
- hootenanny, thingmabob, thingmajig
- 11 letters
- thingamajig, thingamabob4, thingumabob, thingumajig
- 12 letters
- whatshisname
- 15 letters
- whatchamacallit
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gizmo2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- schmilblick