Word Type

Noun

The word "device" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

break if gets too cold

Derived Terms

Brannock device Duff's device Handford device Jensen's device Valsalva device Vertec device aerial device ambient device charge-coupled device cloaking device cohesive device cryodevice device driver device file device tree device under test deviceful deviceless doomsday device e-device erasable programmable logic device high-lift device human interface device iDevice infernal device input device interdevice intradevice listening device loop device macrodevice metadevice microdevice mobile device multidevice nano-device nanodevice nondevice null device output device overcurrent protective device personal flotation device personal mobility device photodevice plot device pneumatic device pneumonic device point-device pointing device pseudodevice reply device residual-current device solid-state device storage device subdevice time on device transferred electron device turtle excluder device

Context

computing heraldry ireland legal printing rhetoric

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

artifact design emblem expressive style figure instrumentality instrumentation maneuver manoeuvre means pattern style tactical maneuver tactical manoeuvre

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Pedersen device antenna belay device biodevice block device bomb burner calculator camera cell phone compressor computer coupler detonator e-book device end-of-train device filter framing device furnace intrauterine contraceptive device intrauterine device laser literary device machine measuring device microphone monitor mouse parachute peripheral device phone plant floor device plotter printer radio radiological dispersal device regulator scanner sequencer shower speaker spring-loaded camming device stereo television set time-on-device touchpad trackball trackpad unibody device vehicle ventilator wheel

Type Of (IsA)

artifact design emblem expressive style instrumentality maneuver object with uses solid tangible artifact

Related Terms

instrument tool

Related Terms

artifice badge bomb cognizance contraption device driver devising emblem equipment hardware improvised explosive device motto peripheral device project rhetorical scheme show stratagem trademark

Synonym Network

apparatus invention scheme

Used For

purpose

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.