Synonyms for bells and whistles
bells and whis·tles

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1. bells and whistlesnoun

   Extra features added for show rather than function; fancy additions or features.

   Synonyms:
   trivialities, gadgetry

   Antonyms:
   ordinary, normal, no-frills, plain, simple, unadorned

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1. Jeremy Faust:

   Who knows what would be the case if we didn't have modern ICUs and we couldn't treat secondary infections with antibiotics or put people on ventilators or had oxygen, if you compare these viruses side by side, without all the medical bells and whistles we have today, I'd say Covid-19 is worse.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   If Leana Wen plans are to go to a 40-to-50-person New Year's Eve party with all the bells and whistles and everybody hugging and kissing and wishing each other a Happy New Year ? I would strongly recommend that, this year, we do not do that.

3. Whit Honea:

   We treat each visit as a learning opportunity and would love for every zoo and aquarium to focus its entertainment value in education rather than the bells and whistles of cruelty, i have high hopes that SeaWorld's new direction will make that practice commercially viable.

4. Sunday Woodland:

   She's meant everything for me from a mental standpoint, life's not always going to be bells and whistles.

5. Robert Pickel Jr.:

   No one anticipated the new rules would require all these bells and whistles, some of the retrofits cost more than the actual car.