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  • nountool, implement
  • nounmeans, agent

synonyms for instrument

  • apparatus
  • appliance
  • device
  • equipment
  • gadget
  • gear
  • gizmo
  • machine
  • machinery
  • mechanism
  • contraption
  • contrivance
  • doodad
  • paraphernalia
  • tackle
  • utensil
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On this page you'll find 79 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to instrument, such as: apparatus, appliance, device, equipment, gadget, and gear.

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An instrument is anything used in doing a certain type of work or producing a certain result, especially such as requires delicacy, accuracy, or precision: surgical or musical instruments. A tool is a contrivance held in and worked by the hand, for assisting the work of (especially) mechanics or skilled laborers: a carpenter’s tools. An implement is any tool or contrivance designed or used for a particular purpose: agricultural implements. A utensil is especially an article for domestic use: kitchen utensils. 

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It carries a host of scientific instruments to observe the sun and its surroundings.
CLOSE-UP OF THE SUN REVEALS ‘CAMPFIRES’LISA GROSSMANAUGUST 28, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
These are financial instruments that insurers and reinsurance companies use to hedge their own risk—and which specialized funds and hedge funds often invest in for their potential outsized returns.
INSURERS ARE GETTING NERVOUS AS HURRICANE LAURA IS SET TO MAKE LANDFALL AS A POWERFUL CATEGORY 4 STORMJEREMY KAHNAUGUST 26, 2020FORTUNE
Once you’ve taught 250 seventh graders to play instruments in unison, everything else is pretty straightforward.
WHO IS DAVE CLARK, THE NEW CHIEF OF AMAZON’S GIANT RETAIL BUSINESS?AARON PRESSMANAUGUST 22, 2020FORTUNE
So, no, I don’t have all the instruments to force companies to do so.
IS ECONOMIC GROWTH THE WRONG GOAL? (EP. 429)STEPHEN J. DUBNERAUGUST 13, 2020FREAKONOMICS
Major instruments use large, curved mirrors to capture the light raining down from the night sky.
SOCIAL DISTANCING FROM THE STARSEMILY LEVESQUEAUGUST 11, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
Scientists study them using the same instruments and techniques we use to study Earth samples.
METEORITES FROM MARS CONTAIN CLUES ABOUT THE RED PLANET’S GEOLOGYARYA UDRYJUNE 17, 2020SINGULARITY HUB 
As far as instruments, I started with the piano at around the age of five or six.
BEFORE WORKING ON SPACECRAFT, THIS ENGINEER OVERCAME SELF-DOUBTCAROLYN WILKEAPRIL 7, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
It can be really frustrating when you break one of these instruments.
WEIGHT LIFTING IS THIS PLANETARY SCIENTIST’S PASTIMEBRYN NELSONMARCH 10, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
You don’t want it to be known exactly what you’re doing, but the use of cyber as an instrument by states has really evolved.
SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY BIG DATA (EP. 395)STEPHEN J. DUBNEROCTOBER 31, 2019FREAKONOMICS
I called it a spinet, because it somewhat resembled that instrument, and was played upon in the same manner.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFT
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WORDS RELATED TO INSTRUMENT

  • back
  • background
  • backing
  • backup
  • harmony
  • instrument
  • part
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