WIDGET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does widget mean? 

• WIDGET (noun)
  The noun WIDGET has 2 senses:

1. something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

2. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

  Familiarity information: WIDGET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIDGET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

doodad; doohickey; doojigger; gimmick; gismo; gizmo; gubbins; thingamabob; thingamajig; thingmabob; thingmajig; thingumabob; thingumajig; thingummy; whatchamacallit; whatchamacallum; whatsis; widget

Context example:

there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use

Hypernyms ("widget" is a kind of...):

stuff (miscellaneous unspecified objects)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

appliance; contraption; contrivance; convenience; gadget; gismo; gizmo; widget

Hypernyms ("widget" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "widget"):

gadgetry (appliances collectively)

gimbal (an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips)

injector (a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.))

mod con (modern convenience; the appliances and conveniences characteristic of a modern house)