gadgetry
Fancy electronic devices
Gadgetry is gadgets collectively, or the culture and enthusiasm surrounding them.
The word often carries a faintly dismissive tone, suggesting elaborate devices of questionable necessity: The kitchen was full of expensive gadgetry that never got used.
It can also refer to the technical components of a system: the gadgetry inside a smartphone.
Unspecified small devices
- widgetsUnspecified manufactured items
- contraptionsImprovised mechanical devices
- doohickeysUnnamed small gadgets
- thingamajigsUnnamed miscellaneous objects
whatchamacallits · thingamabobs · doodads · apparatus · mechanisms · implements · instruments · appliances
Study of circuits
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
- sensorsDevices that detect input
- microchipsMiniature electronic processors
circuits · touchscreens · Bluetooth · WiFi · apps · wearables · processors · semiconductors
Toothed rotating machine parts
- cogsProjections on a wheel
- leversForce-multiplying pivot bars
- pulleysGrooved wheels for rope
- springsCoils, sources, or leaps
cranks · sprockets · cams · linkages · clockwork · mechanisms · dials · switches
New device or method
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- noveltyQuality of being original
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
advancement · cutting-edge · state-of-the-art · prototypes · patents · tinkering · engineering · iteration
Reducing required duration
- handyUseful and nearby
- user-friendlyEasy to operate
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- practicalityQuality of being useful
streamlined · intuitive · portable · compact · multipurpose · labor-saving · automated · one-touch
gizmos
Unspecified small devices
- widgetsUnspecified manufactured items
- contraptionsImprovised mechanical devices
- doohickeysUnnamed small gadgets
thingamajigs · whatchamacallits · thingamabobs · doodads · apparatus · mechanisms · implements · instruments · appliances · gear
electronics
Study of circuits
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
- sensorsDevices that detect input
microchips · circuits · touchscreens · Bluetooth · WiFi · apps · wearables · processors · semiconductors · firmware
gears
Toothed rotating machine parts
springs · cranks · sprockets · cams · linkages · clockwork · mechanisms · dials · switches · buttons
invention
New device or method
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- noveltyQuality of being original
- breakthroughSudden important advance
pioneering · advancement · cutting-edge · state-of-the-art · prototypes · patents · tinkering · engineering · iteration · modernization
time-saving
Reducing required duration
- handyUseful and nearby
- user-friendlyEasy to operate
- efficiencyProductive without waste
practicality · streamlined · intuitive · portable · compact · multipurpose · labor-saving · automated · one-touch · cordless
gadgetrysimplicity
Lack of complexity
low-tech · manual labor · bare hands · hand tools · analog
gadgetrysimplicity
Lack of complexity
minimalism · plainness · austerity · spareness · bareness
- kitchen gadgetSmall cooking aid
- Inspector Gadget
- spy gadgetsHidden devices for surveillance
- gadget freak
- small gadgetCompact mechanical device
- gadget loverOne passionate about devices