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

Conway built the device and walked around in it, looking like a mad scientist. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026

That counted not just ALPRs but standard surveillance cameras, body cameras and other devices. — Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026

The iPhone 18 Pro, Duo, and new Mac and home-device offerings give him plenty to work with. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026

For example, things like cosmic radiation and solar storms can wreak havoc on sensitive electronic devices, not to mention issues such as cooling data centers without normal airflow and ensuring data centers in orbit communicate effectively. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 31 Oct. 2026