widget

Plural: widgets

Noun

• A small, unnamed mechanical device or component.
• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
• A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
• A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
• A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.
• Synonym of tool, implement, device, gadget, part.
• Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
• A small applet that can be placed on the desktop or in a sidebar, etc.

Examples

• Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 units per year...
• This handy WIDGET helped him keep track of his Scrabble score.
• This weather widget shows the current temperature.

Synonyms

appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gadget, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, MacGuffin, Sorted alphabetically, Sorted by number of Google hits, affair, bazinga, bizzo, control, dealie, dealy, device, dinglehopper, dingus, dohickey, dojigger, dongle, doo-hickey, doober, doodah, doofer, doohickus, doohinkey, doohinkus, doovalacky, foo, foobar, frammis, frobnitz, geegaw, gewgaw, gingambob, gingumbob, hickey, hodad, hootenanny, implement, jawn, jigger, jimbang, jobber, jobby, joint, junk, kajigger, kludge, oojamaflip, part, rigamajig, scraper, shebang, sprocket, stuff, thing, thingabob, thingamabobber, thingamafuck, thingamajigger, thingamajiggy, thingie, thingmy, thingo, thingum, thingummabob, thingummajig, thingummyjig, thingy, thingymabob, thingymajig, ting, tool, whachacallit, whachamacallit, whaddayacallit, whatchacallit, whatchamahoozie, whatdoyoucallit, whatdyecallem, whatnot, whatsaname, whatsit, whatsitsname, whiff-whaff, whosiewhatsit, whosit, widget, wossisname, wossname, wotsit, yoke, yokibus