All whatchamacallit synonyms
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W w adjective whatchamacallit
- unknown β not known; not within the range of one's knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar.
- nameless β having no name.
- undisclosed β to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- unidentified β to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- unnamed β without a name; nameless.
- unsigned β a token; indication.
- x β the 24th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- bearding β the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- incognito β having one's identity concealed, as under an assumed name, especially to avoid notice or formal attentions.
- innominate β having no name; nameless; anonymous.
- pseudo β not actually but having the appearance of; pretended; false or spurious; sham.
- pseudonymous β bearing a false or fictitious name.
- secret β done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
- such and such β definite or particular, but not named or specified: They turned out to be such and such kind of people.
- unacknowledged β widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- unattested β to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- unavowed β acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
- unclaimed β to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- uncredited β commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
- undesignated β to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- unspecified β to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- whatsis β a thing or object whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
- anonymous β If you remain anonymous when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it.
- unheard-of β that was never heard of; unknown: an unheard-of artist.
- inconspicuous β not conspicuous, noticeable, or prominent.
- obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- celebrated β A celebrated person or thing is famous and much admired.
- undistinguished β having no distinguishing marks or features.
- noted β well-known; celebrated; famous: a noted scholar.
- unsung β not sung; not uttered or rendered by singing.
- untitled β without a title: an untitled gentleman; an untitled book.
noun whatchamacallit
- thingy β Facetious. any small item whose name is unknown or forgotten.
- thingumabob β thingamajig.
- thingamajig β a gadget or other thing for which the speaker does not know or has forgotten the name.
- doodad β a decorative embellishment; trinket; bauble: a dress covered with doodads.
- doohickey β a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
- whatsit β whatsis.
- whatnot β a stand with shelves for bric-a-brac, books, etc.
- thingamabob β thingamajig.
- doodah β A thing; especially an unspecified gadget, device, or part.
- instrument β a mechanical tool or implement, especially one used for delicate or precision work: surgical instruments.
- tool β an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- accessory β Accessories are items of equipment that are not usually essential, but which can be used with or added to something else in order to make it more efficient, useful, or decorative.
- apparatus β The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
- appliance β An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical.
- equipment β The necessary items for a particular purpose.
- gadget β a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.
- gear β 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.
- machine β an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine.
- material β the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.