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
• bone
• talent
• faculty
• impulse
• predisposition
• affinity
• bias
• disposition
• inclination
• affection
• bent
• turn
• aptitude
• propensity
• predilection
• proclivity
• tendency
• way
• wont
• penchant
• partiality
• gift
• habitude
• fancy
• leaning
• trick
• prejudice
• endowment
• addiction
• flair
• preference
• practice
• specialty
• pattern
• appetite
• taste
• routine
• custom
• liking
• partisanship
• habit
• knack
• singularity
• speciality
• 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

General classification climbers Juan Ayuso and Mattias Skjelmose were largely left to their own devices. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026

While they can be accessed via computer or mobile devices, they’re most fully experienced with special headsets. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 26 July 2026

The environmental advocacy organization also started installing sensors before Open Air Chicago put up its own devices and made the data publicly available. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Turn off anything that exposes your device to strangers nearby, and disable auto-connect for Wi-Fi. — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026