| Main Entry: | machine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that performs a task |
Synonyms: |
apparatus, appliance, automaton, automobile, computer, contraption, contrivance, engine, gadget, implement, instrument, mechanism, motor, robot, thingamabob, tool, vehicle, widget |
| Main Entry: | machine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | well-run political organization |
Synonyms: |
agency, lineup, machinery, movement, party, ring, setup, structure, system |
| Main Entry: | machine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who acts automatically |
Synonyms: |
agent, automaton, clone, drudge, grind, laborer, mechanical, puppet, robot, zombie |
| 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: | car |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vehicle driven on streets |
Synonyms: |
auto, automobile, bucket, buggy, bus, clunker, compact, convertible, conveyance, coupe, gas guzzler, hardtop, hatchback, heap*, jalopy, jeep, junker, limousine, machine, motor, motorcar, pickup, ride*, roadster, sedan, station wagon, subcompact, touring car, truck, van, wagon, wheels, wreck* |
| 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: | 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: | conveyance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | transport |
Synonyms: |
car, carriage, carrying, communication, machine, movement, transfer, transference, transmission, transportation, vehicle |
Antonyms: |
hold, possession |
| 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: | discovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treasure; invention |
Synonyms: |
algorithm, bonanza*, breakthrough, conclusion, contrivance, coup, data, design, device, find, finding, formula, godsend, innovation, law, luck, luck out, machine, method, principle, process, result, secret, theorem, way |
Antonyms: |
loss |