| Main Entry: | gadget |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device, novelty |
Synonyms: |
apparatus, appliance, business, concern, contraption, contrivance, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gizmo, invention, object, thing*, thingamajig, tool, utensil, whatchamacallit, widget |
| Main Entry: | appliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | machine, usually with domestic purpose |
Synonyms: |
apparatus, device, gadget, implement, instrument, mechanism, tool |
| Main Entry: | contraption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device |
Synonyms: |
Rube Goldberg device, apparatus, appliance, contrivance, doohickey, gadget, gizmo, machine, mechanism, rig, thingamajig, widget |
| Main Entry: | device |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instrument, tool |
Synonyms: |
Rube Goldberg invention, accessory, agent, apparatus, appliance, arrangement, article, construction, contraption, contrivance, creation, doohickey, equipment, expedient, gadget, gear, gimmick, implement, invention, machine, makeshift, material, means, mechanism, medium, outfit, resort, resource, rigging, shift, tackle, thingamabob, utensil, whatchamacallit, whatnot, whatsit |
| Main Entry: | equipment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supplies, gear for activity |
Synonyms: |
accessories, accompaniments, accouterments, apparatus, appliances, appurtenances, articles, attachments, baggage, belongings, contraptions, contrivances, devices, equipage, facilities, fittings, fixtures, furnishings, furniture, gadgets, habiliments, impedimenta, kit and kaboodle, machinery, material, materiel, miscellaneous, outfit, paraphernalia, provisioning, provisions, rig, setup, shebang, stock, store, stuff, tackle, things, tools, trappings, traps, utensils |
| Main Entry: | gimmick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contrived object; scheme |
Synonyms: |
aid, apparatus, artifice, catch, concern, counterfeit, deceit, device, dodge*, fake, feint, fixture, fun, gadget, gambit, game, gizmo, imposture, instrument, jest, maneuver, means, method, ploy, ruse, secret, shift, sport, stratagem, stunt, trick, widget, wile |
| Main Entry: | implement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agent, tool |
Synonyms: |
apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, equipment, gadget, instrument, machine, utensil |
| Main Entry: | instrument |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tool, implement |
Synonyms: |
apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, doodad, equipment, gadget, gear, gizmo, machine, machinery, mechanism, paraphernalia, tackle, utensil |
| Main Entry: | invention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation, creativeness |
Synonyms: |
apparatus, black box, brainchild, coinage, concoction, contraption, contrivance, creativity, design, development, device, discovery, doodad, gadget, genius, gimmick, gizmo, imagination, ingenuity, innovation, inspiration, inventiveness, novelty, opus, original, originality, resourcefulness |
Antonyms: |
steal |
| Main Entry: | knickknack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trinket; decorative piece |
Synonyms: |
bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, bric-a-brac, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, device, embellishment, flummery, frill, furbelow, gadget*, miniature, notion, novelty, objet d'art, ornament, plaything, showpiece, souvenir, thingamajig, toy, trapping, trifle, whatnot, whimsy |