Antonyms for device
dɪˈvaɪsde·vice

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1. devicenoun

   Synonyms:
   invention, contrivance

2. devicenoun

   Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

   There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener.

   Synonyms:
   equipment, gadget, contrivance, design, apparatus, appliance

3. devicenoun

   A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

   Synonyms:
   artifice, stratagem, scheme, project

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1. device

   A contrivance or device may be either good or bad. A cheat is a mean advantage in a bargain; a fraud, any form of covert robbery or injury. Imposture is a deceitful contrivance for securing charity, credit, or consideration. A stratagem or maneuver may be of the good against the bad, as it were a skilful movement of war. A wile is usually but not necessarily evil.

   E'en children followed with endearing wile.

   Goldsmith Deserted Village, l. 184.

   A trick is often low, injurious, and malicious; we say a mean trick; the word is sometimes used playfully with less than its full meaning. A ruse or a blind may be quite innocent and harmless. An artifice is a carefully and delicately prepared contrivance for doing indirectly what one could not well do directly. A device is something studied out for promoting an end, as in a mechanism; the word is used of indirect action, often, but not necessarily directed to an evil, selfish, or injurious end. Finesse is especially subtle contrivance, delicate artifice, whether for good or evil. Compare FRAUD.

   Antonyms:
   artlessness, candor, fairness, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, ingenuousness, innocence, openness, simplicity, sincerity, truth

   Synonyms:
   art, artifice, blind, cheat, contrivance, craft, cunning, dodge, finesse, fraud, guile, imposture, invention, machination, maneuver, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. device

   Antonyms:
   fair-dealing, openness, miscontrivance, abortion, fortune, luck, hazard, hit, incognito

   Synonyms:
   artifice, expedient, design, plan, stratagem, project, symbol, emblem, show, invention, contrivance, cognizance

Matched Categories

1. • Design
   • Emblem
   • Expressive Style
   • Heraldry
   • Instrumentality
   • Maneuver

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. devicenoun

   an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

   "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"

   Synonyms:
   gimmick, twist

2. devicenoun

   something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

   Synonyms:
   gimmick, twist

3. device, gimmick, twistnoun

   any clever maneuver

   "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"

   Synonyms:
   spin, construction, widget, doodad, doohickey, gismo, twist, thingummy, thingmajig, whatsis, whirl, kink, eddy, thingamabob, bend, thingumajig, whatchamacallit, wrench, crook, turn of events, tress, pull, winding, plait, doojigger, gimmick, braid, thingamajig, twirl, thingumabob, catch, thingmabob, turn, twisting, wind, gubbins, whatchamacallum, gizmo

4. devicenoun

   any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

   Synonyms:
   gimmick, twist

5. devicenoun

   an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)

   "he was recognized by the device on his shield"

   Synonyms:
   gimmick, twist

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1. devicenoun

   Synonyms:
   contrivance, invention, expedient, wile, maneuver, artifice, trickery, symbol, motto, legend, cognizance

How to use device in a sentence?

1. William Bottke:

   In an explosion, there is often collateral damage, where nearby buildings and innocent bystanders are affected, investigators can learn about the explosive device and the explosion itself by studying what happened to people, infrastructure, and whether trace amounts of the explosive device can be found among the blast damage. Here, the 'innocent bystanders' were the main-belt asteroids.

2. Jan Tytgat:

   It's definitely possible, and then such a device can be used as a sniffing dog, an instrumental sniffing dog.

3. Ryohei Ochiai:

   We are still in the process of looking at whether to use tape or belts to secure the device to the stomach. However, many elderly people are concerned about skin chafing. So we are looking at how to secure the device safely and solidly.

4. Victor Radulescu:

   If the goal is to allow the clinician to set this machine up and walk away, we should add different alarms and warnings, one thing I'd seen on other ventilators is, if the power disconnects, the [ device ] will actually [ make ] an extremely loud and audible signal that says,' Hey, you've lost power here !'.

5. Michael Marks:

   You want a separate circuit tester in order to test the functionality of the components without it being hooked up to the actual device, for your own safety.

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