Synonyms for instrument
- noun
- verb
Definitions
- n. 1
A device used to produce music.
The violinist was a master of her instrument.
- v. 1
To apply measuring devices.
an instrumented test article
- v. 2
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
a sonata instrumented for orchestra
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- instruments → pawns, cat's-paws, tools, apparatuses…
- Past participle
- instrumented
e.g. instrumented → played, arranged, measured, supervised…
Choose the right word
But in common usage, especially in business, an agent is not the prime actor, but only an instrument or factor, acting under orders or instructions.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- tool Tom says he has a special tool he uses to do that.
- organ Mary was impressed by the big organ in the church.
- apparatus Something is wrong with the experimental apparatus.
- utensil The pressure cooker is a cooking utensil that closes hermetically.
By length
- 4 letters
- play1, tool1, pawn1
- 5 letters
- means1, organ2
- 6 letters
- engine2
- 7 letters
- writing2, machine2, vehicle3, measure2, arrange2, utensil3
- 8 letters
- document3
- 9 letters
- implement3, apparatus4, supervise3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (organ2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- instrument
- Español
- instrumento
- Català
- instrument