contraption

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of CONTRAPTION

an interesting and often novel device with a practical use <built a contraption for automatically buttering toast>

Synonyms appliance, contraption, contrivance, gimmick, gizmo (also gismo), jigger, widget

Related Words implement, instrument, tool, utensil; ingenuity, innovation, invention; accessory (also accessary), adjunct; mechanism, trick; dingus, doodad, doohickey, hickey, hootenanny [chiefly dialect], thingamabob, thingamajig (or thingumajig), thingummy

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