Antonyms for gadget
ˈgædʒ ɪtgad·get

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.5 / 6 votes

1. gadgetnoun

   Synonyms:
   doohickey, gizmo, widget, contraption, contrivance

2. gadgetnoun

   a thing whose name cannot be remembered; thingamajig, doohickey

   Synonyms:
   gizmo, doohickey, widget, contraption, contrivance

3. gadgetnoun

   any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled. Often either clever or complicated.

   Synonyms:
   contraption, gizmo, contrivance, widget, doohickey

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 10 votes

1. appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widgetnoun

   a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

   Synonyms:
   comfort station, doodad, lash-up, gismo, restroom, public lavatory, public convenience, thingmajig, whatsis, thingamabob, thingumajig, whatchamacallit, dodge, devisal, appliance, thingummy, doojigger, convenience, public toilet, thingmabob, toilet facility, thingamajig, stratagem, wash room, doohickey, thingumabob, widget, gimmick, contraption, gubbins, whatchamacallum, gizmo, contrivance

How to use gadget in a sentence?

1. Vincent Thielke:

   Apple Watches cater to a much broader consumer base, including young customers and gadget lovers, for these groups, it may be more important to adopt a smartwatch for technological or health reasons rather than because of an appreciation for' timeless timepieces.'.

2. Chris Winter:

   If you are complaining about your sleep and not exercising, you better have a good reason for not doing it, from a research perspective, it is far more effective at deepening sleep and improving its quality than any fad tech gadget in existence today … and it’s free!

3. Alex Burkan:

   All my life I was a great ‘Star Wars’ fan and the lightsaber was my most-wanted gadget.

4. Pam Sherman:

   If your goal is to work out three times a week, and you [ do ] 12 or more workouts in a month, get a new gym outfit or gadget, something that makes you want to keep going until you reach your goal !

5. Sam Wang:

   Our pregnancy success rate increased by 20 percent after we started using this gadget, in the past, we had to use huge, expensive microscopes and physically count each sperm one-by-one.

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