Synonyms of dingbat
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Another word for dingbat is rebus. Other synonyms of dingbat are dingus, thingamabob, doohickey, Sorted by number of Google hits and widget.
Synonyms and similar words for dingbat
nounA silly, crazy or stupid person.
nounA kind of word puzzle involving pictures or typography that hint at the solution.
- rebusAn arrangement of pictures, symbols, or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.
nounA small device or gadget, the correct term for which is forgotten or unknown.
- thingamabobA thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
- doohickeyA thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall).
- Sorted by number of Google hits
- widget
- hickey
- gizmoSomething, generally a device or gadget, whose real name is unknown or forgotten.
- thingy
- gimmick
- thingie
- jigger
- gismo
- gubbins
- whatsitA thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall, or that one is embarrassed to say).
- thingamajigSomething that one does not know the name of.
- doodadUsed to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
- whatchamacallitA metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad...
- thingoA thingamajig; something the name of which is unknown or cannot be recalled.
- thingummy
- whatsisAny object whose actual name one does not know or cannot remember.
- thingumajig
- thingumabob
- whatchacallit
- Sorted alphabetically
- affair
- bazingaA thingamabob, a placeholder word for any unknown or nonspecific object.
- bizzo
- chingaderaA miscellaneous object for which one does not know, or has forgotten, its proper name; a doohickey, contraption...
- dealieA thing, especially one seen as complex or having much associated with it.
- dealyAn object, especially a gadget, whose name the speaker currently cannot recall.
- dinglehopperSomething that one does not readily recall the name of.
- dohickey
- dojiggerA thing whose name is not known; a whatsit or doohickey.
- dongle
- doo-hickey
- doober
- doodahExcrement.
- doofer
- doohickusAn unspecified or nameless thing; doohickey.
- doohinkeyAn unspecified or nameless thing; doohickey.
- doohinkusAn unspecified or nameless thing; doohickey.
- doojiggerThingy, thingamajig.
- doovalackySomething that one does not readily recall the name of; a whatchamacallit.
- foobar
- fooA metasyntactic variable used to represent an unspecified entity. If part of a series of such entities, it is often the...
- frammis
- frobnitzSynonym of gizmo.
- gadget
- geegaw
- gewgawA showy trifle, a toy; a showy trinket, ornament or decoration.
- gingambobSynonym of thingamabob.
- gingumbobSynonym of thingamabob.
- hodadSomeone who comes to the beach and has a surfboard, but never surfs, or that surfs poorly and annoys the local seasoned...
- jawn
- jimbangSynonym of shebang (“thing, or current business”); usually "the whole jimbang".
- jobber
- jobby
- joint
- junk
- kajiggerAn unspecified object; thingamajig.
- kludge
- MacGuffinA plot element or other device used to catch the audience's attention and maintain suspense, but whose exact nature has...
- oojamaflipSomething that one does not know the name of.
- rigamajigA thingy; a miscellaneous or nameless object.
- shebang
- stuff
- thingabob
- thingamabobber
- thingamafuck vulgarA placeholder term.
- thingamajiggerAn item that one does not know the name of.
- thingamajiggyA thingy; something whose name cannot be recalled.
- thingmabob
- thingmajig
- thingmy ScotlandA thingy; a non-specific object or gadget.
- thingummabob
- thingummajig
- thingummyjig
- thingumSynonym of thingummy.
- thingymabob
- thingymajig
- thing
- ting
- whachacallit
- whachamacallit
- whaddayacallitA metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember.
- whatchamahoozieWhatchamacallit.
- whatdyecallem
- whatdoyoucallitSomething one does not know the name of.
- whatnot
- whatsanameAny object or person whose name one does not know or cannot remember.
- whatsitsname UKAny object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind.
- whiff-whaff UK
- whosiewhatsitA person or thing that one does not know the name of.
- whosit
- wossisname
- wossname
- wotsitA cheese-flavoured corn puff of the British brand Wotsits.
- yoke
- yokibusA miscellaneous thing or whimsical contraption; a thingamajig.
- hootenanny obsolete
Meaning of dingbat
- noun A silly, crazy or stupid person.
- noun A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.
- noun An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.
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