Contraption
Contraption noun - An interesting and often novel device with a practical use.
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Synonyms for Contraption
Thingumabob and contraption are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thingumabob" instead a noun "Contraption".
Thingumabob
Thingumabob noun - Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
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Synonyms for Thingumabob
Contraption and thingumabob are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contraption" instead a noun "Thingumabob".
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Related pairs
- apparatus and contraption
- apparatus and thingumabob
- thing and contraption
- thing and thingumabob
- machine and contraption
- machine and thingumabob
- instrument and contraption
- instrument and thingumabob
- mechanism and contraption
- mechanism and thingumabob
- contrivance and contraption
- contrivance and thingumabob
- appliance and contraption
- appliance and thingumabob
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Thingumabob and Contraption. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contraption/thingumabob
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