gadget

Other forms of gadget

plural

gadgets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gadget

What does gadget mean?

gadget means "a device or control that is very useful for a particular job".

How many syllables are in gadget?

gadget has 2 syllables: gad-get. The stress falls on "gad". In IPA it is /ˈɡædʒət/.

What is another word for gadget?

Close synonyms include appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gizmo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gadget a common word?

gadget is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.