Synonyms for whatchamacallit
All synonyms
Noun
1. Gizmo — A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a…
widget, gubbins, doodad, doodah UK, thingy, gimmick, thingamajig informal, thingumabob, thingummy, thingmabob, thingmajig, whatsis, thingumajig, dojigger informal, hickey, dingus, hootenanny, gizmo slang, doohickey slang, thingamabob slang
Definitions
- n. 1
A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.
Forms
- Plural
- whatchamacallits → widgets, doodads, thingies, gimmicks…
Example sentences
- thingy Tom, give me that thingy over there, please.
- widget It's the widget that overcomes web marketing's weaknesses.
- doodad I can't remember where this little doodad goes.
By length
- 5 letters
- gizmo2
- 6 letters
- thingy2, hickey2, widget2, dingus2, doodad2, doodah
- 7 letters
- gimmick2, gubbins2, whatsis
- 8 letters
- dojigger
- 9 letters
- doohickey, thingummy
- 10 letters
- hootenanny, thingmabob, thingmajig
- 11 letters
- thingamajig, thingamabob4, thingumabob, thingumajig
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gizmo2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- machin-chose