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Synonyms for device
dɪˈvaɪsde·vice
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devicenoun
Synonyms:
invention, contrivancedevicenoun
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, appliancedevicenoun
A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, wileAntonyms:
artlessness, candor, fairness, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, ingenuousness, innocence, openness, simplicity, sincerity, truth
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Princeton's WordNet
devicenoun
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
"the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
devicenoun
something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
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, gizmodevicenoun
any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
devicenoun
an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)
"he was recognized by the device on his shield"
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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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#136 | system | |
#245 | design | |
#268 | show | |
#288 | project | |
#338 | art | |
#480 | plan | |
#540 | equipment | |
#900 | camera | |
#904 | construction | |
#1007 | turn | |
#1153 | machine | |
#1247 | tool | |
#1634 | device | |
#1695 | instruments | |
#1730 | devices | |
#1865 | facility | |
#1899 | wind | |
#2803 | scheme | |
#3103 | aircraft | |
#3216 | appliances | |
#3244 | symbol | |
#3635 | catch | |
#3682 | instrument | |
#3810 | pull | |
#3879 | arrangements | |
#3896 | controller | |
#4017 | mechanism | |
#4241 | craft | |
#4246 | blind | |
#4480 | fraud | |
#4626 | dodge | |
#5094 | machinery | |
#5184 | spin | |
#5566 | arrangement | |
#6230 | cheat | |
#6506 | bend | |
#6693 | appliance | |
#7155 | invention | |
#7167 | trick | |
#7835 | twist | |
#9144 | apparatus | |
#9554 | installations | |
#10303 | operative | |
#11686 | widget | |
#12552 | gadget | |
#14880 | winding | |
#15038 | eddy | |
#17091 | emblem | |
#17309 | wrench | |
#20118 | artifact | |
#23550 | maneuver | |
#23795 | twisting | |
#25335 | crook | |
#25925 | guile | |
#26588 | braid | |
#26623 | cunning | |
#29706 | gizmo | |
#34267 | expedient | |
#34730 | whirl | |
#35918 | finesse | |
#36775 | kink | |
#42649 | gimmick | |
#43818 | ruse | |
#45134 | artifice | |
#61306 | twirl | |
#63007 | wile | |
#70488 | dispositive | |
#73570 | tress | |
#78546 | cognizance | |
#79016 | subterfuge | |
#87541 | contrivance | |
#97695 | plait | |
#98243 | stratagem | |
#149817 | gubbins | |
#183061 | dispositif | |
#183563 | imposture | |
#257287 | doodad | |
#282275 | whatchamacallit | |
#286612 | machination |
How to use device in a sentence?
In addition to being the world's first smartphone to integrate thermal imaging it's also the world's most waterproof phone, you can take this to depths of five meters waterproof. It's also designed to be dropped from 1.8 meters onto concrete without smashing, so there's lots of other rugged credentials that means we deliver it in this size. I think over time you'll see the ability to reduce the thickness of the device as well.
The hardware that's on the devices is high end. I mean we're talking high resolution screen, we're talking battery, we're talking a pretty good CPU, GPU. Premium material is made out of wood so the device price itself if you compare the price of an iPhone is actually pretty low, but the reason why people are so excited about this is that it is really the first no hassle sharing social collaborative computer out there. So in the SOLU environment you no longer have to install applications, you no longer have to worry about hard drive space, you don't have to worry about back-ups, it takes care of everything.
One would assume that the person doing the installation would know not to put it on to a prosthetic device.
We’re extremely excited to announce the next device in our line of innovative Varia cycling awareness products – the Varia Vision in-sight display, cyclists can now easily view their data and receive alerts during a ride without needing to take their eyes off the road ahead.
We have a device which is like a Fitbit for cattle.
Translations for device
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- أداة, جهازArabic
- прыстасава́нне, прыла́даBelarusian
- девиз, устро́йство, прое́кт, план, приспособле́ниеBulgarian
- dispositiu, mecanismeCatalan, Valencian
- zařízeníCzech
- Hilfsmittel, Vorrichtung, Emblem, Instrument, Einrichtung, Devise, Baustein, Gerät, Apparat, Marke, Kunstgriff, Motto, EinheitGerman
- συσκευή, τέχνασμα, μεταφορά, έμβλημαGreek
- aparato, intrigoEsperanto
- mecanismo, dispositivoSpanish
- افزارهPersian
- tehokeino, tunnus, suunnitelma, juoni, laite, tunnusmerkkiFinnish
- artifice, appareil, stratagème, ruse, manœuvre, dispositifFrench
- cleasScottish Gaelic
- aparelloGalician
- מכשיר, מתקן, אמצעי רטוריHebrew
- युक्तिHindi
- eszköz, mód, készülék, szerkezet, gépezetHungarian
- սարք, սարքավորումArmenian
- alatIndonesian
- inscrizione, procedimento, apparecchio, emblema, periferica, congegno, coccarda, dispositivo, mottoItalian
- デバイス, 装置, 端末Japanese
- მექანიზმიGeorgian
- 장치Korean
- nukaMāori
- у́ред, девиза, фигу́ра, сре́дствоMacedonian
- alat, perantiMalay
- apparaat, toestelDutch
- enhetNorwegian
- urządzenie, przyrządPolish
- aparato, aparelho, dispositivoPortuguese
- dispozitiv, element, componentă, aparat, unitate, piesăRomanian
- зате́я, деви́з, прибо́р, уло́вка, дева́йс, эмбле́ма, план, приём, га́джет, прое́кт, приспособле́ние, фигу́ра, аппара́т, ма́рка, схе́ма, устро́йство, сре́дство, механи́змRussian
- уређај, uređajSerbo-Croatian
- zariadenieSlovak
- napravaSlovene
- redskap, retorisk figur, husgeråd, devis, apparat, knep, plan, föresatsSwedish
- పరికరంTelugu
- เครื่องThai
- alet, cihaz, aygıtTurkish
- пристрі́йUkrainian
- 設備Chinese
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