Synonyms for widget
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Gadget — A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an…
gadget, thingamajig informal, thingy, thing, gimmick, contraption, jigger, convenience, doodad, doodah UK, thingumabob, thingummy, thingumajig, dojigger informal, appliance, hickey, sprocket, affair, contrivance, dingus, gubbins, whatchamacallit informal, thingmabob
Definitions
- n. 1
A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 units per year...
- n. 2
Synonym of tool, implement, device, gadget, part.
Related words
- Phrases
- disclosure widget
Forms
- Plural
- widgets → gadgets, thingamajigs, thingies, things…
Example sentences
- convenience Why don't you drop in for tea at your convenience?
- gadget This is a great time-saving gadget for the housewife.
- thingy Tom, give me that thingy over there, please.
- doodad I can't remember where this little doodad goes.
- tool Tom says he has a special tool he uses to do that.
- implement That tractor implement makes burrows in the field.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| widget | rising | |
| convenience | falling | |
| gadget | rising | |
| thingy | rising | |
| doodad | steady | |
| tool | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- part1, tool1
- 5 letters
- thing1
- 6 letters
- device2, affair2, gadget2, thingy2, hickey2, dingus2, jigger, doodad2, doodah
- 7 letters
- control2, gimmick2, scraper2, gubbins2, desklet
- 8 letters
- sprocket2, dojigger
- 9 letters
- implement3, appliance3, thingummy, screenlet
- 10 letters
- thingmabob
- 11 letters
- convenience3, contraption3, contrivance3, thingamajig, thingumabob, thingumajig
- 15 letters
- whatchamacallit
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (device2 = 2 syllables).