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device - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | device |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instrument, tool |
| Synonyms: | 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, utensil, Rube Goldberg invention, thingamabob, whatchamacallit, whatnot, whatsit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | device |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ploy, scheme, maneuver |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cabal, chicanery, craft, design, dodge, evasion, expedient, fake, feint, finesse, gambit, game, gimmick, improvisation, loophole*, machination, method, pattern, plan, plot, project, proposition, purpose, racket, ruse, shift, stratagem, strategy, stunt, subterfuge, trap, trick, wile, clever move, craftiness, cunningness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | device |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | symbol, emblem |
| Synonyms: | badge, crest, design, ensign, figure, insignia, logo, motif, motto, pattern, scroll, sign, slogan, token, colophon |
| Main Entry: | appliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | machine, usually with domestic purpose |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, device, gadget, implement, instrument, mechanism, tool |
| Main Entry: | axiom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principle |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, apothegm, device, dictum, fundamental, law, maxim, moral, postulate, precept, proposition, proverb, saying, theorem, truism, truth |
| Antonyms: | absurdity, ambiguity, foolishness, nonsense, paradox |
| Main Entry: | badge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emblem worn |
| Synonyms: | brand, device, identification, insignia, mark, marker, medallion, motto, pin, ribbon, scepter, shield, sign, stamp, symbol, token, cordon |
| Main Entry: | bomb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exploding weapon |
| Synonyms: | Molotov cocktail, atom bomb, charge, device, explosive, grenade, hydrogen bomb, mine, missile, nuclear bomb, projectile, rocket, shell, bombshell, ticker, torpedo |
| Main Entry: | dodge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick, feint |
| Synonyms: | contrivance, device, machination, method, plan, plot, ploy, ruse, scheme, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, wile |
| Main Entry: | emblem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crest |
| Synonyms: | arms, attribute, badge, banner, brand, character, coat of arms, colors, design, device, figure, flag, hallmark, identification, image, impress, insignia, logo, mark, marker, medal, memento, miniature, monogram, motto, pennant, regalia, reminder, representation, scepter, seal, sign, standard, symbol, token, trademark, type, adumbration, colophon |
| Main Entry: | expedient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resource |
| Synonyms: | contrivance, device, instrument, instrumentality, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, medium, method, recourse, refuge, resort, scheme, shift, stopgap, stratagem, substitute, gency |
| Main Entry: | figure of speech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turn of expression |
| Synonyms: | allegory, allusion, analogy, anticlimax, antithesis, bathos, comparison, conceit, device, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, metaphor, ornament, parable, paradox, parallel, personification, rhetoric, sarcasm, satire, simile, understatement, adumbration, alliteration, analogue, anaphora, antistrophe, aposiopesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device, echoism, ellipsis, litotes, malapropism, manner of speaking, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, proteron, synecdoche, trope, tropology, turn of phrase, way of speaking |
| Main Entry: | fixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fitting, appliance |
| Synonyms: | accessory, appendage, appurtenance, attachment, component, device, equipment |
| Notes: | a piece of furniture that cannot be moved is a fixture; a piece of furniture that can be moved is a fitment |
| Main Entry: | gambit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan, plot |
| Synonyms: | artifice, design, device, gimmick, maneuver, play, ploy, ruse, trick, jig |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gizmo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
| Synonyms: | appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, doohickey, instrument, machine, thingamajig, tool, widget, mechanical device, thingamabob, whatchamacallit |
| Main Entry: | hallmark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | symbol, authentication |
| Synonyms: | badge, device, emblem, endorsement, indication, mark, ratification, seal, sign, signet, stamp, trademark, certification, sure sign, telltale sign |
| Main Entry: | implement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agent, tool |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, equipment, gadget, instrument, machine, utensil |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | machination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maneuver, plot |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cabal, conspiracy, design, device, dirty work*, dodge*, intrigue, monkey business*, ploy, practice, ruse, scheme, skullduggery*, song and dance*, stratagem, trick, on the make, sellout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maxim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, axiom, belief, byword, canon, commonplace, device, dictum, epithet, formula, law, moral, motto, platitude, precept, prescript, proverb, rule, tenet, theorem, truism, apophthegm, brocard, saw |
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