Definition for Device:

• an emblematic design ( especially in heraldry); " he was recognized by the device on his shield"

Synonyms for Device:

• n.

  •
  • ballistic missile,
  • cluster bomb,
  • makeshift,
  • article,
  • auxiliary,
  • car bomb,
  • outfit,
  • whatnot,
  • wherewithal,
  • atom bomb,
  • gear,
  • rigging,
  • medium,
  • accessory,
  • agent,
  • tackle,
  • material,
  • atomic bomb,
  • harness,
  • cannonball,
  • a-bomb,
  • booby trap,
  • arrangement,
  • expedient,
  • depth charge.
  •
  • array,
  • big beast,
  • fake,
  • Accouterments,
  • joker,
  • craftiness,
  • chicanery,
  • proposition,
  • method,
  • black box,
  • project,
  • loophole,
  • automaton,
  • racket,
  • clunker,
  • automation,
  • scheme,
  • cabal,
  • evasion.
  •
  • dialog,
  • slogan.
  •
  • manner,
  • technique,
  • system,
  • make,
  • basis,
  • mode,
  • way,
  • tactic,
  • procedure.
  •
  • honest,
  • take in.
  •
  • part.
  •act (noun)
  • device,
  • twist.
  •axiom (noun)
  • pro position,
  • pro-position,
  • pro positions,
  • pro-verbs,
  • pre-cept,
  • pre cept,
  • pro verb,
  • pro-positions,
  • pro verbs,
  • pro-verb.
  •badge (noun)
  • medallion,
  • cordons,
  • cordon.
  •bomb (noun)
  • ticker,
  • nuclear bomb,
  • missiles,
  • rocket,
  • bombshell,
  • torpedo,
  • bombshells,
  • tickers,
  • Torpedoes.
  •character (noun)
  • numeral,
  • hieroglyphs,
  • hieroglyph,
  • rune,
  • runes.
  •cunning (noun)
  • wile.
  •deception (noun)
  • chicanes,
  • feint,
  • coverup,
  • jive,
  • mare's-nest,
  • fast one,
  • Illusions,
  • hogwash,
  • cover up,
  • jives,
  • chicane,
  • fast shuffle.
  •design (noun)
  • de signs,
  • de sign,
  • de-sign,
  • de-signs.
  •deus ex machina (noun)
  • god in machine,
  • happy coincidences,
  • divine interventions,
  • god machine,
  • god the machine.
  •discovery (noun)
  • finding,
  • Algorithms,
  • algorithm,
  • formula,
  • luck out.
  •emblem (noun)
  • re minders,
  • re-presentations,
  • re-minder,
  • re minder,
  • adumbrations,
  • re presentation,
  • coat arms,
  • re-minders,
  • re presentations.
  •expediency/expedience (noun)
  • bandaid,
  • re-course,
  • re course,
  • band-aids,
  • band aids,
  • bandaids,
  • re-courses,
  • re courses,
  • easy way outs.
  •expedient (noun)
  • gency.
  •fashion (noun)
  • etiquette.
  •figure of speech (noun)
  • malapropism,
  • alliterations,
  • Asyndeton,
  • tropes,
  • malapropisms,
  • onomatopoeia,
  • metonymy,
  • way of speaking,
  • litotes,
  • anaphora,
  • alliteration,
  • synecdoche,
  • Ellipses,
  • ellipsis,
  • apostrophes,
  • turn of phrase,
  • metonymies,
  • echoism,
  • manner of speaking,
  • Tropology,
  • antistrophe,
  • proteron,
  • oxymora,
  • onomatopoeias,
  • communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device,
  • apostrophe,
  • aposiopesis,
  • oxymoron.
  •game (noun)
  • object of ridicule.
  •gizmo (noun)
  • mechanical devices.
  •hallmark (noun)
  • sure signs.
  •pattern (noun)
  • patternings.
  •plan (noun)
  • game plan,
  • ground plan,
  • course of action.
  •plot (noun)
  • little games,
  • frameups,
  • frame ups,
  • covins,
  • connivings,
  • frameup.
  •ploy, scheme, maneuver (noun)
  • craft,
  • stunt,
  • improvisation,
  • finesse,
  • strategy,
  • Cunningness,
  • clever move,
  • purpose.
  •pretension (noun)
  • cover,
  • guise,
  • forgery,
  • masquerade,
  • impersonation,
  • facade,
  • disguise,
  • stage,
  • counterfeit,
  • air,
  • affectation,
  • falseness,
  • fraud,
  • claim,
  • ostentation,
  • pretense,
  • mannerism,
  • pose,
  • deceit,
  • front,
  • artificiality,
  • show,
  • imposture,
  • imitation,
  • pretension,
  • charade,
  • bluff,
  • fakery.
  •pretext (noun)
  • fig leaf,
  • cleanups,
  • cover story,
  • cop-out,
  • cop-outs,
  • cleanup,
  • copout.
  •product (noun)
  • artifact,
  • decoctions,
  • decoction,
  • byproduct,
  • Artifacts,
  • synthetics,
  • After-math,
  • product.
  •resort (noun)
  • re sorts,
  • re sort,
  • re-sort,
  • re-lief,
  • re lief,
  • re-sorts.
  •resource (noun)
  • quick-wittedness,
  • quickwittedness.
  •resourcefulness (noun)
  • re sourcefulnesses,
  • re sourcefulness,
  • re-sourcefulness,
  • re-sourcefulnesses.
  •sign (noun)
  • symbolizations.
  •stratagem (noun)
  • trickery,
  • trick of the trade,
  • pitfall,
  • Trojan Horse,
  • wrinkle.
  •subterfuge (noun)
  • dis honesty,
  • dis honesties,
  • dis-honesties,
  • dis-honesty.
  •support (noun)
  • stilt,
  • stave,
  • support,
  • fulcrum,
  • substructures,
  • sustentation,
  • substructure,
  • stiffener,
  • flotations,
  • flotation,
  • stiffeners,
  • Fulcrums,
  • stilts,
  • Fulcra.
  •symbol (noun)
  • de notations,
  • de notation,
  • de-notation,
  • de-notations.
  •symbol, emblem (noun)
  • insignia,
  • logo,
  • motto,
  • scroll,
  • token,
  • colophon,
  • ensign.
  •tactics (noun)
  • de-fenses,
  • plan attack,
  • de fenses.
  •thing (noun)
  • in formations,
  • in-formations,
  • in dividual,
  • in-dividual,
  • in-formation.
  •trap (noun)
  • seducements.
  •trick (noun)
  • dis guise,
  • funny businesses,
  • dis-guise,
  • dis guises,
  • doubledealing,
  • puton,
  • sleight hand,
  • dis-guises.
  •wile (noun)
  • dissimulation,
  • schemings.
  •will (noun)
  • de-crees,
  • be-quest,
  • in heritance,
  • de cree,
  • in-heritance,
  • be quests,
  • de-cree,
  • be-quests,
  • de crees,
  • in heritances,
  • be quest,
  • in-heritances.
  •wrinkle (noun)
  • kicker.
  •written symbol (noun)
  • character.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • imagery,
  • brainchild,
  • jack,
  • trump card,
  • lock,
  • poetic license,
  • writer's block,
  • personify,
  • machinery,
  • trope,
  • the first person,
  • shenanigan,
  • anthropomorphic,
  • bathos,
  • hardware,
  • mechanism,
  • dramatic irony,
  • interior monologue,
  • stream of consciousness,
  • storyline.
  •
  • dialogue,
  • pace,
  • metaphor,
  • characterization,
  • allegory,
  • flashback,
  • portray,
  • motif,
  • kill off.
  •
  • tube,
  • transmission,
  • motive,
  • establish,
  • assembly,
  • sleight.
  •
  • follow,
  • voice.
  •flap
  • valve.
  •holder
  • socket.
  •plunger
  • piston.
  •shield
  • scutcheon.
  •swing
  • pendulum.
  •weather vane
  • vane.

Paraphrases for Device:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    equipment, equipments.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    equipment.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    appliances, machine, machines.
  • Noun, plural
    mechanisms, appliances, instruments.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    computer, bomb, machine.

• Independent

  • Adjective, comparative
    closer.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Neurosciences, products, items, implements, Resources, processes, fittings, articles, fitments, RESS, features, sets, supplies, reasons, CRS, GSS, goods.
  • Noun, plural
    media, Measures, dispositions, reasons, provisions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    piece, vehicle, product, measure, set-up.
  • Verb, past tense
    equipped, mechanism.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    installs, features, sets.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    Dispositive.
  • Proper noun, plural
    devices.
  • Proper noun, singular
    devices, instruments, mechanism.
  • Noun, plural
    enhancements, sprinklers, devices.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    artifact, instruments, contraption, prosthesis, artifice, invention, architecture, gadget, fixture, projector, component, mechanism.
  • Verb, past tense
    devices.
  • Verb, past participle
    designed.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    appliances.

Antonyms for Device:

• n.

  • instrument, tool
    disorganization, ruin, destruction.
  • ploy, scheme, maneuver
    truthfulness, reality, ignorance, honesty, frankness, openness.
  • Other antonyms:
    fairness, sincerity, ingenuousness, guilelessness, candor, artlessness, innocence, truth, simplicity, unconcern.

Device Sentence Examples:

• Now I was in his mastershrine, and the device which had brought me here was beyond doubt a working model of a matter transmitter.

• Thus came to us perhaps not the first automatic device, but no doubt the first of its kind that was ever seen there.

Homophones for Device:

• debouch, debauchee, defuse, davis, davys, debase, De Bakey, dybbuk, debussy, dibbuk, debauch, dubious, devise, devoice, dative case, deep kiss, diffuse, dipsacaceae, devisee, deface, deep-sea, daboecia, deedbox, date back, dubuque, deific, dieback, database, ditty bag, diadophis, Dovish, dovekie, deep-six, diaphysis, debs, debug, depose, daviesia, doofus, defog, day book, die back, devices, daybook, dipus, devious, dipsacus, dabchick, du bois.

Hypernym for Device:

• n.

  • act
    mnemonic, trick, fast one.
  • artifact
    dental appliance, blower, teething ring, contraption, plectron, drop press, deflector, catapult, autopilot, conductor, sensing element, breathalyzer, alarm system, seal, valve, Rapper, converter, lighter, override, gizmo, breathing apparatus, reinforcement, fender, pacifier, shoetree, plectrum, surface, breathalyser, elastic device, muffler, diestock, decoy, lift, energiser, billiard marker, depressor, groover, stylus, runner, exercise device, airfoil, heat exchanger, storage device, bait, peeler, magnet, lifting device, synchroflash, shredder, moistener, fire extinguisher, horn, drop forge, kinetoscope, filter, machine, washboard, mechanism, electronic device, energizer, strengthener, pair of tongs, breathing machine, warmer, extinguisher, water cooler, goad, restorative, safety, indicator, reset, appliance, asphyxiator, Vaporizer, support, hydrofoil, electrical device, jig, heater, button, holding device, tilter, key, restraint, lure, foil, teaser, gadget, light, cutoff, doorknocker, power takeoff, breathing device, applicator, stemmer, launcher, igniter, remote, baby's dummy, Fumigator, take-up, clip-on, optical device, battery charger, tongs, cryptograph, convenience, trap, agglomerator, imprint, instrument, explosive device, throwing stick, memory device, applier, prod, safety device, release, comforter, bubbler, autocue, stabilizer, sweatbox, dart thrower, contraceptive, scratcher, ventilator, spear thrower, preventative, reflector, ignitor, pick, drop hammer, musical instrument, widget, pull, stabiliser, shooting stick, damper, noisemaker, constraint, afterburner, throwing board, corer, paper feed, source of illumination, contraceptive device, contrivance, gas fixture, drive, straightener, buffer, comb, preventive, router, sensor, vaporiser, automatic pilot, slide chart, snowshoe, nest egg, ignition interlock, guard, interrupter, keyboard, prophylactic device, Aspersorium, alarm, sounder, fan, adaptor, remote control, knocker, birdfeeder, adapter, flare, stamp, union, PTO, control surface, robot pilot, feeder, crusher, toy, trigger, dampener, aspergill, prompter, charger, birth control device, aerofoil, bootjack, bird feeder, shoehorn, detector, interlock, corrective, warning device, gismo, convertor, suction cup, signaling device, acoustic device.
  • communication
    conceit, rhetorical device.

Hyponym for Device:

• n.

  • act
    manoeuvre, maneuver, tactical maneuver, Tactical Manoeuvre.
  • artifact
    pattern, instrumentation, figure, emblem, design, instrumentality.
  • communication
    expressive style, style.