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widgets

widgets is the plural of widget.

Meaning of widget

Noun (1)

widget (plural widgets)

  1. A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
    • Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 units per year...
    Synonyms:
    thingy, gizmo, sprocket, Sorted by number of Google hits, hickey, gimmick, thingie, jigger, gismo, gubbins
  2. A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
  3. A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.
    Synonyms:
    scraper
  4. (informal) Synonym of tool, implement, device, gadget, part.

Noun (2)

widget (plural widgets)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    control
  2. A small applet that can be placed on the desktop or in a sidebar, etc.
    • This weather widget shows the current temperature.

Questions about widgets

What is widgets the plural of?
Widgets is the plural of widget.

Words near widgets in the dictionary

  1. widgetization
  2. widgetize
  3. widgetized
  4. widgetizes
  5. widgetizing
  6. widgets
  7. widgie
  8. widgiemoolthalite
  9. widgies
  10. Widhalm
  11. Widhalms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: widgets (page history and authors); widget (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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