Synonyms of device

device

noun

di-ˈvīs 

1

as in scheme

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

used every device and stratagem he knew to prevent his son's marriage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scheme
• ruse
• trick
• sleight of hand
• jig
• stratagem
• gambit
• fetch
• gimmick
• ploy
• knack
• play
• wile
• sleight
• dodge
• bluff
• artifice
• deception
• end run
• juggle
• hoax
• trickery
• cunning
• flimflam
• shenanigan
• feint
• subterfuge
• duplicity
• chicanery
• smoke screen
• cheating
• front
• jugglery
• swindling
• skulduggery
• fakery
• swindle
• fraud
• craft
• legerdemain
• blind
• dupery
• gaff
• sham
• cozenage
• crookery

2

as in tool

an article intended for use in work

the salesclerk tried to sell me a new device for grooming cats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tool
• instrument
• implement
• gadget
• apparatus
• mechanism
• utensil
• appliance
• accessory
• contraption
• gizmo
• appendage
• contrivance
• attachment
• adjunct
• jigger
• accoutrement

3

as in genius

devices plural a habitual attraction to some activity or thing

left to her own devices she'd eat at a fast-food restaurant every night of the week

Synonyms & Similar Words

• genius
• talent
• faculty
• bone
• impulse
• predisposition
• affinity
• bias
• disposition
• inclination
• affection
• bent
• turn
• aptitude
• propensity
• predilection
• proclivity
• tendency
• penchant
• wont
• way
• partiality
• gift
• habitude
• leaning
• fancy
• prejudice
• endowment
• trick
• addiction
• flair
• practice
• preference
• specialty
• pattern
• routine
• taste
• custom
• liking
• partisanship
• appetite
• knack
• singularity
• speciality
• habit
• like
• favor
• peculiarity
• convention
• forte
• quirk
• idiosyncrasy
• fondness
• eccentricity
• kink
• oddity
• one-sidedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• allergy
• aversion
• dislike
• distaste
• detachment
• neutrality
• objectivity
• disinclination
• impartiality
• disfavor
• indifference
• disliking
• averseness
• disrelish
• apathy
• nonchalance
• unconcern
• disinterestedness
• insouciance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of device

In January, detectives seized several items during a search of Oak Park Station, including a vehicle, a motorcycle, and some electronic devices. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

It was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane on airport grounds, where German police safely defused the device. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026

In October, studio hirelings with sound cameras and recording devices descended on suburbs around Los Angeles and smaller southern California towns and asked voters to voice their political preferences. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026

The strikes took place after two soldiers were wounded when their vehicle drove over a Hezbollah explosive device in an area of southern Lebanon occupied by Israeli troops, the military said. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026