Synonyms of gizmo

gizmo

noun

ˈgiz-(ˌ)mō 

variants also gismo

as in gadget

an interesting and often novel device with a practical use

found all sorts of interesting woodworking gizmos in the garage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gadget
• tool
• contraption
• innovation
• widget
• appliance
• jigger
• accessory
• gimmick
• contrivance
• trick
• utensil
• implement
• instrument
• ingenuity
• mechanism
• accessary
• invention
• adjunct
• doohickey
• thingamajig
• thingamabob
• dingus
• hickey
• doodad
• thingummy
• thingumajig
• hootenanny

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gizmo

In what obviously should’ve been a pack-in title like PlayStation’s done with the Astro series at the launch of its new hardware, Welcome Tour makes for a fun distraction and a good way to test out all the new gizmos in the console. —Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025

The new gizmo, called the ExpressVote XL, is made by the same firm that manufactures the scanning machines now used by New York City and many other counties in the state, Election Systems & Software. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025

Measure your gizmo with the case on to get a sense of correct sizing, and look for a crossbody phone bag that matches the criteria (usually found in the product’s online description). —Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025

Now, the Entity intends to annihilate humanity in four days unless it can be taken offline by a key that accesses a gizmo in the Arctic Sea that connects to a whatsit that Ving Rhames’s weary Luther is attempting to invent from a makeshift hospital bed somewhere in the subway tunnels of London. —Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025