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Synonyms for device
dɪˈvaɪsde·vice

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  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

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.2 / 5 votes

  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 Antonyms2.0 / 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 WordNet1.5 / 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, 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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. devicenoun

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

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Device":

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How to use device in a sentence?

  1. Tim Gannon:

    As you can hear, the officer, while struggling with Mr. Wright yells ‘Taser! Taser!’ several times. That is part of the officer’s training prior to deploying a Taser, which is a less lethal device, as I watch the video and listen to the officer’s commands, it is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their Taser, but instead shot Mr. Wright with a single bullet.

  2. Greg Albrecht:

    It is essentially a bluetooth communications device so it is not much different than any other bluetooth device you might connect to your phone with the exception that the Onyx and other devices on the Orion network connect you to the Orion network.

  3. Gareth Price:

    This is like the hottest technology conference in one of the most connected cities in the world and there are maybe three people wearing a device right now.

  4. Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey:

    One of the first things people do is they reach out into this virtual world, we wanted to create an input device that allows people to reach out.

  5. Eric Abbruzzese:

    Apple's been building ARKit on the mobile device side for years, much of that will absolutely translate to their headsets.


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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