| 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: | apparatus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equipment with a purpose |
Synonyms: |
accoutrement, appliance, black box, contraption, device, dingbat, doodad, doohickey, furnishings, gaff, gear, gimcrack, gimmick, gizmo, grabber, habiliments, idiot box, implement, jigger, job*, machine, machinery, means, mechanism, outfit, paraphernalia, provisions, setup, stuff, supplies, tackle, thingamajig, tools, utensils, whatchamacallit, whatsis, whosis, widget |
| Main Entry: | contrivance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
Synonyms: |
apparatus, appliance, brainchild, coinage, contraption, convenience, creation, device, discovery, engine, equipment, gear, gimcrack, harness, implement, instrument, invention, machine, material, mechanism, tackle, thingamabob, thingamajig, tool, utensil, whatsis, 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: | doodad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
Synonyms: |
contraption, contrivance, doohickey, gismo, object, thing, thingamabob, thingamajig, whatchamacallit, widget |
| Main Entry: | doohickey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
Synonyms: |
contraption, contrivance, doodad, gismo, object, thing, thingamabob, thingamajig, whatchamacallit, widget |
| 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: | 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: | gadgetry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mechanism |
Synonyms: |
appliances, bells and whistles, contraptions, ingenious device, instrumentation, machinery, works |
| Main Entry: | gear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equipment |
Synonyms: |
accessory, accouterment, adjunct, apparatus, appendage, appurtenance, baggage, belongings, contraption, effects, encumbrances, fittings, habiliment, harness, impedimenta, instrument, kit, kit and kaboodle, luggage, machinery, material, materiel, means, outfit, paraphernalia, possessions, rigging, setup, stuff, supply, tackle, things, tools, trappings |