widget

Meanings

Plural: widgets

Noun

• 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.

Synonyms

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