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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
| Synonyms: | contraption, contrivance, doodad, gismo, object, thing, thingamabob, thingamajig, whatchamacallit, widget |
| 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: | doodad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
| Synonyms: | contraption, contrivance, doohickey, gismo, object, thing, thingamabob, thingamajig, whatchamacallit, widget |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gizmo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
| Synonyms: | appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, doohickey, instrument, machine, mechanical device, thingamabob, thingamajig, tool, whatchamacallit, widget |
| Main Entry: | mechanism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | machine, device |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, black box, components, contrivance, doohickey, gadget, gears, gimmick, innards, instrument, machinery, motor, structure, system, tool, workings, works |
| Main Entry: | object |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thing able to be seen/felt/perceived |
| Synonyms: | article, body, bulk, commodity, doodad, doohickey, entity, fact, gadget, gizmo, item, mass, matter, phenomenon, reality, something, substance, thingamajig, volume, whatchamacallit, widget |
| Main Entry: | thingamajig |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contraption |
| Synonyms: | device, doodad, doohickey, gadget, gizmo, thingamabob, widget |
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