All doodad synonyms

noun doodad

• contraption — You can refer to a device or machine as a contraption, especially when it looks strange or you do not know what it is used for.
• doohickey — a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
• object — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
• widget — a small mechanical device, as a knob or switch, especially one whose name is not known or cannot be recalled; gadget: a row of widgets on the instrument panel.
• thing — (in Scandinavian countries) a public meeting or assembly, especially a legislative assembly or a court of law.
• contrivance — If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.
• thingamajig — a gadget or other thing for which the speaker does not know or has forgotten the name.
• gismo — a gadget or device: What is this gismo supposed to do?
• whatchamacallit — an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
• thingamabob — thingamajig.
• gadget — a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.