Synonyms 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.

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

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

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

1. device

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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, device, 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

Matched Categories

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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. devicenoun

   Synonyms:
   contrivance, scheme, design, plan, project, expedient, shift, resort, resource

2. devicenoun

   Synonyms:
   artifice, stratagem, wile, ruse, manœuvre, trick, fraud, evasion

3. devicenoun

   Synonyms:
   emblem, symbol, type, sign

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1. devicenoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "device":

   appliance, devices, apparatus, dispositif, instrument, equipment, appliances, mechanism, operative, aircraft, instruments, machine, artifact, machinery, system, arrangement, tool, installations, facility, camera, dispositive, controller, arrangements

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1. List of known nicknames for "Device":

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1. Joe Jimenez:

   If there were a wearable device that could help the patient and their physician understand whether or not to come to the hospitals then that, together with our drug, could be a very potent combination, It doesn't mean we will own the technologies, but it does mean the technologies will play an important role in the management of disease.

2. Mark Ven:

   When I clap twice the light turns on, as it detects that I'm clapping. When I write an English 'R' in the air the red light turns on, and when I write an English 'Y' the yellow light turns on. Lastly, when I clap twice the light turns off, during this process we are communicating and interacting on the Human Computer Interface by using the internet of things, and the wearable device.

3. Kirk Yeager:

   Al Qaeda terrorist Richard Reid said. Fox News saw evidence photos from the scene, including the blast site where one of the backpacks was left. You can see some of the carnage left over, the blood, the remains of people's personal items that have been lost as they're fleeing in panic. Al Qaeda terrorist Richard Reid are seeing what a bomb site looks like, which is pure chaos. That created another challenge for first responders, as Kirk Yeager explained. When people are fleeing for their life, they're leaving behind purses, backpacks and other items -- and the bomb tech coming on scene knows one bomb has gone off, and there's always a chance there's a secondary device out there.

4. Carlo Reyes:

   Parents that are being marketed to are seeing it as a medical device even if it isn’t an FDA-approved one.

5. Kevin Caves:

   [Larry] was an anchor, so he has catchphrases— and [saying,] ‘I love you’ to his family, and calling his dog, talking to his grandkids— these are audio clips that can then be put into a commercially available communication device, so when he hits the button to choose the phrase, it will play the phrase versus text to speech, a number of people who did this wait too long.