Synonyms of devices

devices

noun

plural of device

as in tendency

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of devices

Underwater solar power The researchers were looking to ways to power up underwater sensors, cameras, detectors, communication systems and other such devices using solar energy. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026

Before your treatment, find out what products and devices will be used, the recovery process, and potential complications. — Anna Haines, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026

Compression, either by WRAP devices or many officers piling on to someone restricting air flow, are the most common police deaths after shootings, Obayashi said. — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Wardle found that a simple variation of ClickFix attack—a technique that has become remarkably effective in tricking people into infecting their devices—is all that’s required for an attacker to take control of a Muse account. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026

At the end of both cases, the judge will give directions to the jury, after which all of their electronic devices will be taken and they will be sent to a room to consider their verdict. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

Much of our critical energy infrastructure — keeping the lights on in our homes, food cold in our refrigerators, and life-saving devices working in hospitals — was never designed to connect to the internet. — Justine Calma, The Verge, 20 Sep. 2026

Based on the novel by Daniel Pinkwater, Lizard Music follows a boy (Leber) left to his own devices who stumbles upon a secret late-night broadcast of lizards playing otherworldly music — a hidden door to the extraordinary then swinging open. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

That immense and complicated market does that automatically when producers and consumers are left to their own devices. — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026