THINGAMYBOB Synonyms

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• the faculty of contriving; inventive skill

• an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

• an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

• any improvised arrangement for temporary use

• the act of devising something

• an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

• something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

• any clever maneuver

• any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

• an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)

• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• appliances collectively

• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list

• a small part that can be considered separately from the whole

• a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection

• an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

• an individual instance of a type of symbol

• (used when listing or enumerating items) also

• a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow

• the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

• (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon

• the focus of cognitions or feelings

• (computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer

• express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent

• be averse to or express disapproval of

• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job