Device and Icon

Device

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

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

Icon noun - A person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion.

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Device and icon are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Icon".

Nearby Words: iconic, iconography, iconics

old	old device	old icon
special	special device	special icon
single	single device	single icon
simple	simple device	simple icon
Other adjectives: popular, small, big, great, huge, evil, little, main, important, key, new, major, classic, recurring, giant.

If you watch the show on an Android (Lollipop or newer) or iOS (iOS 6 or newer) -based device, an icon will occasionally pop up.

Source: Western Animation / Word Party
It also helped two WIMP* Windows/Icon/Menu/Pointing Device platforms get off the ground: first, it was one of the killer apps for Macintosh, and a couple of years later (1987) Excel became the main reason to use the fledgling Microsoft Windows.

Source: Killer App

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Icon and Device. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/icon

Device & Icon. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/icon>.

Icon or Device. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/icon.

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