All thingamabob synonyms

noun thingamabob

• contrivance — If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.
• whatsis — a thing or object whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
• whatsit — whatsis.
• automata — automaton
• doodad — a decorative embellishment; trinket; bauble: a dress covered with doodads.
• gizmo — gismo.
• doohickey — a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
• doodah — A thing; especially an unspecified gadget, device, or part.
• article — An article is a piece of writing that is published in a newspaper or magazine.
• automaton — If you say that someone is an automaton, you are critical of them because they behave as if they are so tired or bored that they do things without thinking.
• dojigger — (informal) A thing whose name is not known; a whatsit or doohickey.
• machine — an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine.
• 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.
• 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.
• device — A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
• gadget — a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.
• whatnot — a stand with shelves for bric-a-brac, books, etc.