Device
Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Imagination and device are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Imagination" instead a noun "Device".
Imagination
Imagination noun - The ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others.
Device and imagination are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Imagination".
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Bleach has a similar memory erasing plot device, with the downside that the blank is generally filled in by something random from the person's imagination.
Source: Laser-Guided Amnesia -
The type of doomsday device you make is limited only by your imagination and how many pathetic minions you kill trying to build it.
Source: Doomsday Device -
Really just about any kind of machine or device can be used as a musical instrument with some imagination and a little bit of work.
Source: Everything Is an Instrument
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Imagination and Device. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/imagination
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