Meanings
noungizmo (plural gizmos)
plural gizmos · alternative gismo
- slangSomething, generally a device or gadget, whose real name is unknown or forgotten.
Synonyms: gadget, gizmotron, thingamajig, whatchamacallit
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething, generally a device or gadget, whose real name is unknown or forgotten.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomething unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
Similar
Broader
nouna device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Broader
Also see
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian джаджа
- джаджа (džadža)thingy
Chinese Mandarin 東西 /东西, 玩意兒 /玩意儿
- 東西 /东西thingy
- 玩意兒 /玩意儿 (wányìr)thingy
Finnish vempain, mokkula
- vempainthingy
- mokkulathingy
- vehjethingy
- vekotinthingy
- härpäkethingy
- kilkethingy
- hilavitkutinthingy
French machin, truc
- machinthingy
- tructhingy
- bidulethingy
German Dingsbums
- Dingsbumsthingy
Hungarian bigyó, izé
- bigyóthingy
- izéthingy
Italian coso, cosi
- cosothingy
- cosithingy
- cosathingy
- cosethingy
Norwegian dings, dippedutt
- dingsthingy
- dippeduttthingy
- duppedittthingy
Polish gadżet, ustrojstwo
- gadżetthingy
- ustrojstwothingy
- wihajsterthingy
Portuguese coisa, negócio
- coisathingy
- negóciothingy
- troçothingy
- trecothingy
- geringonçathingy
- paradathingy
- tremthingy
- breguetethingy
Russian шту́ка, штуковина
- шту́ка (štúka)thingy
- штуковина (štukovina)thingy
Spanish chisme, trasto
- chismethingy
- trastothingy
- cosathingy
- cosothingy
- cuestiónthingy
- aparatothingy
- chunchethingy
- cosothingy
Swedish mojäng, mackapär
- mojängthingy
- mackapärthingy
- manickthingy
- grunkathingy
- tingestthingy
Turkish uğur, şey
- uğurthingy
- şeythingy
Cite this entry
APA
gizmo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gizmo
MLA
“gizmo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gizmo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gizmo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gizmo.
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