All whatsis synonyms
whats·is
W w adjective whatsis
- uncredited — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
- undesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- unspecified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- whatchamacallit — an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
noun whatsis
- 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.
- device — A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
- gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- gizmo — gismo.
- machine — an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine.
- machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- means — to have in mind as one's purpose or intention; intend: I meant to compliment you on your work. Synonyms: contemplate.
- mechanism — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
- accoutrement — Accoutrements are all the things you have with you when you travel or when you take part in a particular activity.
- 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.
- dingbat — Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.
- doodad — a decorative embellishment; trinket; bauble: a dress covered with doodads.
- doohickey — a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
- furnishings — furnishings. furniture, carpeting, etc., for a house or room. articles or accessories of dress: men's furnishings.
- gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
- gimcrack — a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw.
- gimmick — an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.
- grabber — a person or thing that grabs.
- habiliments — Plural form of habiliment.