Synonyms and Antonyms of appliance
- since the invention of the cork, all manner of appliances have been invented for the extraction of these sometimes troublesome stoppers
contraption, contrivance, gadget, gimmick, gizmo (also gismo), jigger, widget
implement, instrument, tool, utensil
ingenuity, innovation, invention
accessory (also accessary), adjunct
dingus, doodad, doohickey, hickey, hootenanny [chiefly dialect], thingamabob, thingamajig (or thingumajig), thingummy
- an appliance that allows the machine to be used as a sander
accessory (also accessary), accoutrement (or accouterment), adapter (also adaptor), add-on, adjunct, appendage, attachment, option
accompaniment, additive, complement, supplement
amenity, doodad, embroidery, extra, filler, frill, incidental, luxury, nonessential, nonnecessity
appurtenances, bells and whistles, equipment, furnishings, habiliment(s), paraphernalia, trappings
adornment, decoration, embellishment, enhancement, garnish, ornament, trim, trimming