Synonyms and antonyms of Words used when you do not know, or cannot remember what someone or something is called in British Thesaurus

X (noun)

used instead of saying the name of a person or place when you do not know it, or when you are using them as an example

so-and-so (noun)

informal used for referring to someone whose name you do not know. You can refer to a thing whose name you do not know as such-and-such

widget (noun)

informal a small object or piece of equipment that you do not know the name of

doodah (noun)

Britishinformal used for referring to something that you cannot remember the name of

whatchamacallit (noun)

spoken a word that you use for referring to something when you cannot remember what it is called

whatsername (pronoun)

spoken a word that you use for referring to a woman whose name you cannot remember

whatsisname (pronoun)

spoken a word that you use for referring to a man whose name you cannot remember

thingy (noun)

spoken used for referring to something when you do not know or cannot remember the name of it

whatsit (noun)

Britishspoken a word that you use for referring to an object when you cannot remember what it is called

thingy (noun)

spokenBritish used for referring to someone whose name you do not know or cannot remember

doodad (noun)

Americaninformal a doodah

doohickey (noun)

mainly Americaninformal used for referring to something such as a small object or tool that you cannot remember the name of

something (pronoun)

spoken used when you cannot remember the rest of someone’s name, the rest of a number, the words of a song etc

stuff (noun)

informalspoken used for talking about a substance or material when you do not know the correct name

what do you call it/him/her/them? ()

used when you are trying to think of the correct name for someone or something