Device
Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good device | good engine |
| special | special device | special engine |
| similar | similar device | similar engine |
| alien | alien device | alien engine |
| Other adjectives: single, popular, small, powerful, actual, massive, large, big, great, main, capable, new, experimental, useful, advanced, mechanical, broken, flying, titular, giant, magical, nuclear. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Among the things she's invented for Ylisse are the steam engine, a device that destroys the clothes of everyone nearby, and a dream-walking device.
Source: Mad Scientist -
Unfinished, Untested, Used Anyway: The Vorknkx, a Corellian Corvette carrying an experimental cloaking device noted for being extremely unstable when used in conjunction with a hyperspace engine.
Source: Video Game / TIE Fighter -
Engine Sentai Go-onger had Sosuke collapses and turns into rust due to a device given to him by one of the villains.
Source: Slow-Motion Fall
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Engine or Device. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/engine.
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