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Synonyms for device
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-vahys |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvaɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for device Other synonyms for the word device
- agent
- arrangement
- article
- artifice
- badge
- cabal
- chicanery
- clever move
- colophon
- construction
- contraption
- contrivance
- craft
- craftiness
- creation
- crest
- cunningness
- dodge
- doohickey
- ensign
- evasion
- expedient
- fake
- feint
- figure
- finesse
- gambit
- game
- gimmick
- implement
- improvisation
- insignia
- invention
- logo
- loophole
- machination
- makeshift
- means
- medium
- method
- motif
- motto
- outfit
- pattern
- plan
- plot
- project
- proposition
- purpose
- racket
- resort
- resource
- rigging
- Rube Goldberg invention
- ruse
- scroll
- shift
- sign
- slogan
- stratagem
- strategy
- stunt
- subterfuge
- tackle
- thingamabob
- token
- trap
- trick
- utensil
- whatchamacallit
- whatnot
- whatsit
- wile
Définition of device
Origin :- late 13c., from Old French devis "division, separation, disposition, wish, desire; coat of arms, emblem; last will," from deviser "to divide, distribute" (see devise). Sense of "method by which something is divided" arose in French and led to modern meaning.
- noun instrument, tool
- noun ploy, scheme, maneuver
- noun symbol, emblem
- If the oven is to be used, a device that fits the oven should be employed.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- In using this device, only a coal or a wood stove is practical.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- They used every device of ingenious minds to push the siege.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- He was about to slip the device into his pocket when he stiffened involuntarily.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- The Pilot's Assister is the official name of the new English device.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- No device of the trigger class is comparable with this in delicacy.
- Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
- The Title-page is ornamented with the Aldine device and motto as in No.
- Extract from : « The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- The device is attached directly to the card, and is called a coiler.
- Extract from : « The Fabric of Civilization » by Anonymous
- If so, it might, of course, have become detached while the device was being used.
- Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
- She knew that out of Nature's device we have built a magic that will win us immortality.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
Antonyms for device
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