Word Study
gadget
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gadget, n. any small and usu. ingenious mechanical device or tool.
Derivative
gadgeteer n. gadgetry n. gadgety adj.
Etymology
19th-c. Naut.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
gadget
affair, apparatus, appliance, article, artifact, business, concern, contraption, contrivance, creation, device, dingus, dofunny, dohickey, dojigger, dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky, eppes, etwas, flumadiddle, gigamaree, gimcrack, gimmick, gizmo, hand tool, hickey, hootenanny, hootmalalie, implement, instrument, invention, jigger, machine, material thing, means, mechanical device, mechanism, object, power tool, precision tool, quelque chose, something, speed tool, thing, thingum, thingumabob, thingumadad, thingumadoodle, thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree, thingummy, tool, utensil, whatchy, widgetFor further exploring for "gadget" in Webster Dictionary Online