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mechanical device, appliance
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How to use gadget in a sentence
Then, if you happen to stub your toe over some useful gadget, they increase your pay.
ISLANDS OF SPACEJOHN W CAMPBELL
It was decided that Gadget, a rather miserable animal, who had shown herself useless as a puller thus far, should be killed.
THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARDDOUGLAS MAWSON
Either they were going to get tired of putting new tubes into that gadget, or play it softer, or move.
CUE FOR QUIETTHOMAS L. SHERRED
Stuffing the gadget into his mouth, he turned and began jabbering orders.
ULLER UPRISINGHENRY BEAM PIPER, JOHN D. CLARK AND JOHN F. CARR
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO GADGET
- apparatus
- device
- gadget
- implement
- instrument
- mechanism
- tool
- Rube Goldberg device
- apparatus
- appliance
- contrivance
- doohickey
- gadget
- gizmo
- machine
- mechanism
- rig
- thingamajig
- widget
- Rube Goldberg invention
- accessory
- agent
- apparatus
- appliance
- arrangement
- article
- construction
- contraption
- contrivance
- creation
- doohickey
- equipment
- expedient
- gadget
- gear
- gimmick
- implement
- invention
- machine
- makeshift
- material
- means
- mechanism
- medium
- outfit
- resort
- resource
- rigging
- shift
- tackle
- thingamabob
- utensil
- whatchamacallit
- whatnot
- whatsit
- aid
- apparatus
- artifice
- catch
- concern
- counterfeit
- deceit
- device
- dodge
- fake
- feint
- fixture
- fun
- gadget
- gambit
- game
- gizmo
- imposture
- instrument
- jest
- maneuver
- means
- method
- ploy
- ruse
- secret
- shift
- sport
- stratagem
- stunt
- trick
- widget
- wile
- apparatus
- appliance
- contraption
- contrivance
- device
- equipment
- gadget
- instrument
- machine
- utensil
- apparatus
- black box
- brainchild
- coinage
- concoction
- contraption
- contrivance
- creativeness
- creativity
- design
- development
- device
- discovery
- doodad
- gadget
- genius
- gimmick
- gizmo
- imagination
- ingenuity
- innovation
- inspiration
- inventiveness
- novelty
- opus
- original
- originality
- resourcefulness
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Chris Hemsworth:
We had this pretty cool souped-up Lexus that we got to drive which has all sorts of gadgets and the ability to … fly across water and fly up walls and all sorts of things, and then there was this old classic Jag (Jaguar) that just looked like a classic beautiful car but again, all the weapons … come out of the exhaust pipe and the side-view mirror and so on, so that was pretty awesome.
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Ramon Llamas:
CES is getting away from being a Consumer Electronics Show and getting more and more into being a Consumer Experience Show, we may see a new device pop up here and there, and it is easy to expect big televisions, cool cars, and gadgets galore. But the secret sauce is what the software can do.
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Edward Abbey:
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.
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Martin Cooper:
Too many engineers are wrapped up in what they call technology and the gadgets, the hardware, and they forget that the whole purpose of technology is to make peoples’ lives better, people forget that, and I have to keep reminding them. We are trying to improve the human experience. That’s what technology is all about.
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Lumo Lift:
We were really designed to be hunters and gatherers, our bodies were designed to move, but instead, because of all these computers and gadgets, we’re sitting and sitting poorly, or standing and standing poorly, and that creates a posture problem.
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appliance, contraption (informal) contrivance, device, gimmick, gizmo (slang, chiefly U.S.) instrument, invention, novelty, thing, tool, waldo
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus 
gadget
( gadgets plural ) A gadget is a small machine or device which does something useful. You sometimes refer to something as a gadget when you are suggesting that it is complicated and unnecessary. n-count usu with supp
…kitchen gadgets including toasters, kettles and percolators., …the latest gadget for the technology obsessed: pocket-sized computers that you write on with a pen.
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58 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɡˈad͡ʒɪts], [ ɡˈadʒɪts], [ ɡ_ˈa_dʒ_ɪ_t_s]
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n.
• equipment (noun)
- kit kaboodle,
- be longings,
- out fit,
- shebangs,
- pro-visions,
- pro visioning,
- pro visions,
- out-fit,
- kit kaboodles,
- pro-visioning,
- out fits,
- be-longings,
- provisionings,
- out-fits,
- miscellaneou,
- kit and kaboodles.
• instruments (noun)
- engines,
- gimmicks,
- gimcracks,
- instruments,
- conveniences,
- utilities,
- machines,
- contrivances,
- devices,
- contraptions,
- Facilities,
- doodads,
- gizmos,
- Apparatuses,
- appliances,
- tools,
- utensils,
- implements,
- widgets.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- Provisioning,
- shebang,
- kit and kaboodle,
- provisions,
- equipment.
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Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):
- inventions,
- apparatus,
- artifices,
- arrangements,
- gears,
- Entities,
- articles,
- things,
- baubles,
- mechanisms,
- items,
- GISMOS,
- equipments,
- stratagems,
- Properties,
- tricks,
- objects,
- dodges.
How to use «Gadgets» in context?
Gadgets are devices used to help people with everyday tasks. They can be small, like a calculator, or they can be large, like a TV. Gadgets can be used for any purpose, from telling the time to watching TV.
Some of the most popular gadgets are cell phones, TVs, laptops, and tablets. Cell phones are used to make and receive calls, text messages, and emails. TVs are used to watch TV shows, movies, and live sports. Laptops are used for work, school, and playing games. Tablets are used for reading books, browsing the Internet, and watching TV shows and movies.
Paraphrases for Gadgets:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, plural
tools.
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Noun, plural
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, plural
appliances.
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Noun, plural
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Independent
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Proper noun, plural
instruments, tools.
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Proper noun, singular
kit, tool, toolbox, instruments, tools, toolbar.
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Noun, plural
accessory, aids, aircraft, appurtenances, devices, equipment, furnishings, organs, Accessories, Apparatuses, Auxiliaries, Bodies, Bureaus, Cameras, Instrumentalities, props, Artifacts, Plants, Vehicles, attachments, accessions, arrangements, sets, objects, instruments, controls, implements, switches, heaters, radios, machines, widgets, planes, materials, fixtures, kits, inserts, RIGS, incidentals, handsets, centrifuges, fittings, scanners, mountings, airframes, installations, equipments, machineries, by-catches, co-benefits.
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Proper noun, plural
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
gear.
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Noun, plural
Toys.
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Interjection
tools.
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Proper noun, singular