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All paraphernalia synonyms

par·a·pher·na·lia
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noun paraphernalia

  • whatsis — a thing or object whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
  • accoutrements — all the things you have with you when you travel or take part in a particular activity, such as clothing and equipment
  • luggage — suitcases, trunks, etc.; baggage.
  • appurtenances — accessories or equipment
  • movables — Plural form of movable.
  • insignia — singular of insignia.
  • goods — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
  • equipment — The necessary items for a particular purpose.
  • impedimenta — Equipment for an activity or expedition, especially when considered as bulky or an encumbrance.
  • jazz — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
  • effects — something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
  • means — to have in mind as one's purpose or intention; intend: I meant to compliment you on your work. Synonyms: contemplate.
  • baggage — Your baggage consists of the bags that you take with you when you travel.
  • adequation — Equivalence.
  • grabber — a person or thing that grabs.
  • outfit — an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.: an explorer's outfit.
  • fitting — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
  • accouterments — personal clothing, accessories, etc.
  • appointment — The appointment of a person to a particular job is the choice of that person to do it.
  • get-up — costume; outfit: Everyone will stare at you if you wear that getup.
  • machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
  • whatchamacallit — an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
  • livery — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
  • belongings — Your belongings are the things that you own, especially things that are small enough to be carried.
  • carry-on — of a size and shape suitable for being carried onto and stowed in the passenger compartment of an airplane: carry-on luggage.
  • habiliments — Plural form of habiliment.
  • impediments — A hindrance or obstruction in doing something.
  • coequality — The condition of being coequal.
  • instrumentation — the arranging of music for instruments, especially for an orchestra.
  • accouterment — an accoutering or being accoutered
  • kitChristopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
  • accoutrement — Accoutrements are all the things you have with you when you travel or when you take part in a particular activity.
  • instrument — a mechanical tool or implement, especially one used for delicate or precision work: surgical instruments.
  • accessories — Accessories belong to a product category in fashion stores, which includes items such as scarves, hats, gloves, belts, and purses.
  • gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
  • material — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
  • gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
  • apparatus — The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
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