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widget
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun widget has 2 senses
- widget(n = noun.artifact) doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis - something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use" is a kind of stuff
- widget(n = noun.artifact) appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo - a device or control that is very useful for a particular job; Array is a kind of device
has particulars: gadgetry, gimbal, injector, mod con
THESAURUS
widget
affair, article, artifact, concern, dingus, dofunny, dohickey, dojigger, dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky, eppes, etwas, flumadiddle, gadget, gigamaree, gimmick, gizmo, hickey, hootenanny, hootmalalie, jigger, material thing, object, quelque chose, something, thing, thingum, thingumabob, thingumadad, thingumadoodle, thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree, thingummy, whatchy
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