Doohickey
Doohickey noun - A small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember.
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Synonyms for Doohickey
System
System noun - Something made up of many interdependent or related parts.
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Synonyms for System
Doohickey and system are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Doohickey" instead a noun "System".
Nearby Words: systematic, systemic
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Related pairs
- construction and doohickey
- construction and system
- device and doohickey
- device and system
- apparatus and doohickey
- apparatus and system
- entity and doohickey
- entity and system
- structure and doohickey
- structure and system
- arrangement and doohickey
- arrangement and system
- means and doohickey
- means and system
Both words in one sentence
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Advertisements for Florida's SunPass system (where you pre-pay tolls and get a little doohickey to speed you through booths) is done in the style of Burma-Shave signs, spaced so that they're not too fast to read even on the high way.
Source: Advertising / Burma-Shave
Cite this Source
System and Doohickey. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/doohickey/system
Doohickey & System. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/doohickey/system>.
System or Doohickey. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/doohickey/system.
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