Definition for Apparatus:

• A set of instruments or utensils for performing any operation or experiment, or for practising any art; a group of organs in the animal economy all subserving the same purpose.

Synonyms for Apparatus:

• n.

  •
  • array.
  •
  • material,
  • turnout,
  • assembly.
  •
  • part.
  •accouterment (noun)
  • accoutrement.
  •apparatus (noun)
  • setup.
  •artifact (noun)
  • apparatus.
  •contraption (noun)
  • rube goldberg devices.
  •contrivance (noun)
  • whatsises.
  •device (noun)
  • re-sorts,
  • re-sort,
  • re source,
  • re-source,
  • whatchamacallits,
  • re sort,
  • rube goldberg inventions,
  • whatsits,
  • re sorts,
  • re sources,
  • re-sources.
  •engine (noun)
  • whats under the hood,
  • what's under hood,
  • putt putt,
  • putt-putts,
  • power trains,
  • puttputts,
  • what under the hood,
  • trans-former,
  • whats under hood,
  • trans-formers,
  • trans former,
  • what under hood,
  • putt putts,
  • trans formers,
  • puttputt.
  •equipment (noun)
  • pro visions,
  • shebangs,
  • be-longings,
  • miscellaneou,
  • be longings,
  • kit and kaboodles,
  • kit kaboodles,
  • kit kaboodle,
  • pro visioning,
  • pro-visioning,
  • pro-visions,
  • provisionings.
  •equipment with a purpose (noun)
  • gimcrack,
  • supplies,
  • utensils,
  • dingbat,
  • doohickey,
  • doodad,
  • furnishings,
  • habiliments,
  • gizmo,
  • tools,
  • thingamajig,
  • appliance,
  • job,
  • grabber,
  • idiot box,
  • WHOSIS,
  • gaff,
  • stuff.
  •organization or system (noun)
  • network,
  • hierarchy,
  • chain of command,
  • structure.
  •thing (noun)
  • in-dividual,
  • in-formations,
  • in dividual,
  • in-formation,
  • sub stance,
  • sub stances,
  • sub-stance,
  • sub-stances,
  • in formations.
  •vehicle (noun)
  • means of expression.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • town hall,
  • cabinet,
  • vitals,
  • canal,
  • city council,
  • technology,
  • city hall,
  • ways and means committee,
  • town council,
  • tract,
  • viscera,
  • vessel,
  • black box,
  • hill,
  • Accouterments,
  • automation,
  • workhorse,
  • junta,
  • bureaucracy,
  • big beast,
  • entrails,
  • select committee,
  • toy,
  • county council,
  • clunker,
  • whitehall,
  • capitol hill.
  •
  • installation,
  • guts,
  • legislature,
  • innards,
  • visceral,
  • congress,
  • materiel,
  • caucus,
  • cavity,
  • valve,
  • rearguard,
  • parliament,
  • wall,
  • region,
  • processor,
  • organ.
  •
  • secretariat,
  • system,
  • soviet,
  • chamber,
  • wheel,
  • unit,
  • government,
  • organic.
  •
  • council.
  •
  • passage.
  •
  • tube.
  •attachment
  • fixture.
  •gear
  • rigging.
  •tackle
  • harness.

Paraphrases for Apparatus:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    equipment.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    supplies, Neurosciences, installations, sets, vessels, articles, RESS, reasons, features, cases, fitments, equipment, equipments, goods, devices.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    sections, articles, contraption, distiller, switchgear, tract.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    implements, appliances, instrumentation, machinery.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    utensil, instrumentation, machinery, tool, tools.

Apparatus Sentence Examples:

• There was not apparatus for many pupils to work, so the class had been limited to seniors, among whom Doris Deane, Ruth White, and Stephanie Radford had begun to distinguish themselves.

• From my previous experiments I am confident that there will be no difficulty in sinking and afterward raising this apparatus.

Homophones for Apparatus:

• aperiodic, aphrodisiac, apheretic, abortus, abridge, aphaeretic, aphrodisia.

Hypernym for Apparatus:

• n.

  • artifact
    Kipp's Apparatus, centrifuge, incubator, x-ray machine, electrograph, condenser, titrator, still, optical bench, pendulum, purifier, extractor, copier, soda fountain, reformer, reactor, duplicator, brooder, telegraph, lighting, heliograph, heat pump, submersible, telegraphy, instillator, sequenator, generator, sequencer, nuclear reactor, semaphore, cascade liquefier, separator, burner, chemical reactor, aerator.
  • body
    auditory apparatus.

Hyponym for Apparatus:

• n.

  • artifact
    equipment.
  • body
    body part.