DEVICES Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of devices Sassa hopes the project will eventually yield advanced devices that can — much like living organisms — self-assemble, adapt to their surroundings, and autonomously repair themselves. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026 The sheriff urged the public to have safety devices like life vests on hand when gathering near bodies of water. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026 Notably, only about 11% of commercially available devices have been validated for even one biometric outcome. — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 The European Commission said the preloading of Gemini onto Android devices reduced the attractiveness of rival third-party models for the 60% of EU adults who use Android. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 17 July 2026 Grab bars — rails attached to walls, particularly in bathrooms — help provide balance and prevent falls, preventing serious injuries, said Jim Christian, founder of the effort to push Medicare to cover the devices, Safety Bars for America. — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 13 July 2026 Both the Russian and Chinese governments have been compromising routers for years, sometimes in prolonged tugs-of-war to wrest control of devices the other has already commandeered. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026 In 2020, Messi signed a three-year contract to become a brand ambassador for the Israeli company OrCam, which makes devices to help the visually impaired. — Juan Melamed, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2026 The federal agents who fatally shot immigrants in Maine on Monday and Texas last Tuesday were reportedly not wearing body cameras, despite the Department of Homeland Security announcing plans in February to equip all officers with the devices. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 13 July 2026

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Noun

OpenAI's Study Mode, introduced last year, is meant to counter that tendency.

— Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
His pass sonar for the World Cup, which visualises the direction and distance of a player’s passes, illustrates that tendency.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of tendency

Noun

Valeri, who began playing at age 4 in his Buenos Aires suburb, said the futbol passion and aptitude run deep in a country where community pride infuses youth-club rivalries and street soccer prevails in many neighborhoods.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
King contrasted the country’s technological expertise with its moral aptitude.

— Dawn M. Turner, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of aptitude

Noun

Emery’s inclination for wide forwards is well known, but acutely demonstrated in Garnacho’s case.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Half the tracks skate along atop grooves informed by house and UK garage, reflecting Hebden’s clubbiest inclinations as well as his idiosyncratic sound design.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026

Definition of inclination

Noun

What exists instead is preference, habit and brand affinity, which are real but not contractual.

— Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
As if her affinity for mystery, for tracking clues in her true crime books or on the news, were finally surfacing in the real world.

— Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of affinity

Noun

My impulse to wear two tanks at once didn’t come out of nowhere.

— Emma Childs, Glamour, 17 July 2026
However the winding structure lends itself to their best impulses, following hip-hop production and sampling down the memory holes of the group’s creative minds, helping II find enough dazzling moments to help all the chaos settle into place.

— Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 16 July 2026

Definition of impulse

Noun

Burleson suggested Kelce — who co-hosts the New Heights podcast with brother Jason Kelce — already had a disposition well suited to a sports commentator.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
If so, provide details, including case style, jurisdiction and details of disposition.

— Schnelle Tonge, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026

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