Device and Entity

Device

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Entity and device are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Entity" instead a noun "Device".

Entity noun - One that has a real and independent existence.

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Device and entity are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Entity".

good	good device	good entity
similar	similar device	similar entity
specific	specific device	specific entity
certain	certain device	certain entity
Other adjectives: alien, single, intelligent, powerful, actual, massive, large, huge, dangerous, capable, ancient, new, major, mysterious, titular, strange, giant, magical, eponymous.

The Fixer Sue is a unique entity in the Mary Sue class in that he or she was never meant as a character so much as a plot device.

Source: Fixer Sue
For situations where the corporate entity is more of a environmental detail or a mood-setting device, Mega Corp.

Source: Predatory Business
Contact for the Nintendo DS is an RPG entirely built around this trope; the characters acknowledge the player as an entity from another dimension whom they are somehow able to communicate with, and who uses a computing device called a "Nintendo DS" to exert a mysterious influence over their world.

Source: Addressing the Player aka: Anyone You Know

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Entity and Device. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/entity

Device & Entity. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/entity>.

Entity or Device. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/entity.

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