Synonyms of gimmicks

gimmicks

noun

plural of gimmick

1

as in ruses

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

that free dinner is just a sales gimmick to get you to listen to their sales pitch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruses
• schemes
• tricks
• devices
• artifices
• stratagems
• ploys
• sleights
• gambits
• shenanigans
• dodges
• jigs
• wiles
• knacks
• deceptions
• trickeries
• juggles
• subterfuges
• plays
• flimflams
• feints
• bluffs
• fetches
• hoaxes
• sleights of hand
• duplicities
• cunnings
• chicaneries
• crafts
• frauds
• gaffs
• end runs
• swindles
• juggleries
• duperies
• fakeries
• skulduggeries
• cozenages
• legerdemains
• shams
• skullduggeries
• crookeries
• fronts
• smoke screens
• blinds

2

as in gadgets

an interesting and often novel device with a practical use

a car equipped with a parking spot locator and other neat gimmicks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gadgets
• gizmos
• tools
• contrivances
• contraptions
• innovations
• appliances
• accessories
• mechanisms
• widgets
• inventions
• gismos
• tricks
• instruments
• jiggers
• ingenuities
• implements
• utensils
• thingamajigs
• doohickeys
• adjuncts
• thingamabobs
• doodads
• dinguses
• accessaries
• doohickies
• thingummies
• hickeys
• thingumajigs
• hootenannies

3

as in hitches

a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized

the deal sounds too good to be true, so make sure there aren't any gimmicks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hitches
• risks
• pitfalls
• gotchas
• snags
• jokers
• traps
• catches
• kickers
• catch-22s
• booby traps
• land mines
• bombs
• perils
• surprises
• hazards
• snares
• trip wires
• bombshells
• surprizes
• decoys
• webs
• baits
• lures
• catch-22's