Antonyms for devices
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-vahys |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvaɪs |
Definition of devices
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
- She had been left completely, to her own devices when she was not wanted about the house.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Two devices by which they may be made to stay in the hat are here shown.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- All my devices of horse-hair and deer-hide snares were foolishness in their sharp eyes.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- It might be that he thought it wisest not to leave her in London to her own devices.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Have you fought them for ten years without learning their devices?
- Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
- The other four knights were easily distinguished by their devices and colours.
- Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
- Our men have been unable to detect any devices, but the walls may have ears.
- Extract from : « The Outbreak of Peace » by Horace Brown Fyfe
- One of these devices is to be fitted to the fore-deck and two on the main-deck and stern.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- In all the devices we have considered thus far the enemy is eluded.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- And there are other devices of the same kind which have a place in the system.
- Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
Synonyms for devices
- accessory
- agent
- apparatus
- appliance
- arrangement
- article
- artifice
- badge
- cabal
- chicanery
- clever move
- colophon
- construction
- contraption
- contrivance
- craft
- craftiness
- creation
- crest
- cunningness
- design
- dodge
- doohickey
- ensign
- equipment
- evasion
- expedient
- fake
- feint
- figure
- finesse
- gadget
- gambit
- game
- gear
- gimmick
- implement
- improvisation
- insignia
- invention
- logo
- loophole
- machination
- machine
- makeshift
- material
- means
- mechanism
- 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
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