All gadget synonyms

noun gadget

• 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.
• 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.
• apparatus — The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
• utensil — any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.: eating utensils; baking utensils.
• tool — an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
• object — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
• appliance — An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical.
• gimmick — an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.
• gizmo — gismo.
• business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
• doohickey — a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
• doodad — a decorative embellishment; trinket; bauble: a dress covered with doodads.
• thing — (in Scandinavian countries) a public meeting or assembly, especially a legislative assembly or a court of law.
• invention — the act of inventing.
• 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.
• concern — Concern is worry about a situation.
• whatchamacallit — an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
• device — A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
• implement — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
• novelty — state or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness: the novelty of a new job.
• thingamabob — thingamajig.
• jigger — Also called jigger flea. chigoe.
• doodah — A thing; especially an unspecified gadget, device, or part.