Synonyms for Instrument:

• n.

  •
  • big beast,
  • Accouterments,
  • array,
  • black box,
  • clunker,
  • automation.
  •
  • strings,
  • tenor.
  •
  • ammo,
  • armed,
  • artillery,
  • over,
  • armory,
  • armoury,
  • arsenal,
  • arms,
  • ammunition,
  • armaments,
  • assault.
  •
  • manner,
  • basis,
  • technique,
  • tactic,
  • system,
  • procedure,
  • method,
  • mode.
  •
  • cinderella,
  • cannon fodder,
  • sacrificial lamb,
  • whipping boy,
  • victim,
  • toy,
  • plaything,
  • target.
  •accompaniment (noun)
  • background,
  • back,
  • back-ups,
  • back-up,
  • part,
  • instrument,
  • backing,
  • harmony.
  •agency (noun)
  • auspices,
  • work,
  • efficiency,
  • influence,
  • conductor,
  • operation,
  • instrumentality,
  • intercession,
  • lieutenancy,
  • mediation,
  • deputation,
  • action,
  • intervention,
  • delegation,
  • activity,
  • empowerment.
  •agent (noun)
  • emissary,
  • agent,
  • executor,
  • broker,
  • lieutenant,
  • delegate,
  • substitute,
  • deputy,
  • middleman,
  • go-between,
  • proxy,
  • surrogate,
  • liaison,
  • alternate,
  • operative,
  • representative,
  • impresario,
  • ombudsman,
  • attorney,
  • mediator,
  • actor,
  • second,
  • appointee,
  • auxiliary.
  •cat's-paw (noun)
  • catspaw.
  •channel (noun)
  • avenue,
  • course,
  • route,
  • approach.
  •contrivance (noun)
  • coinage,
  • widget,
  • thingamajig,
  • convenience,
  • gimcrack,
  • discovery,
  • invention,
  • brainchild,
  • harness,
  • creation.
  •deed (noun)
  • warranty,
  • title,
  • record,
  • conveyance,
  • release,
  • agreement,
  • compact,
  • covenant,
  • security,
  • voucher,
  • bargain,
  • charter,
  • transaction,
  • proof,
  • certificate.
  •document (noun)
  • credentials,
  • report,
  • PAGES,
  • form,
  • language,
  • paper,
  • script,
  • diary,
  • evidence,
  • testimony,
  • token,
  • archive.
  •edict (noun)
  • de-cree,
  • pre-scripts,
  • in junctions,
  • in-junctions,
  • de-crees,
  • ukases,
  • pre cept,
  • pre script,
  • pre-cept,
  • pre-script,
  • in junction,
  • de cree,
  • pre scripts,
  • decretums,
  • de crees,
  • in-junction.
  •engine (noun)
  • whats under the hood,
  • what under the hood,
  • trans-former,
  • puttputts,
  • trans-formers,
  • power trains,
  • puttputt,
  • trans former,
  • what under hood,
  • whats under hood,
  • putt putt,
  • putt-putts,
  • what's under hood,
  • trans formers,
  • putt putts.
  •expedient (noun)
  • gency,
  • stopgap.
  •factor (noun)
  • fixin,
  • part parcel,
  • makins.
  •gear (noun)
  • kit kaboodle,
  • kit kaboodles,
  • out-fit,
  • out-fits,
  • kit and kaboodles,
  • out fit,
  • out fits,
  • be-longings,
  • be longings.
  •gizmo (noun)
  • mechanical devices,
  • whatchamacallits.
  •instrument (noun)
  • channel,
  • legal document,
  • contraption,
  • tackle,
  • apparatus,
  • instrumental role,
  • doodad,
  • instrumentate,
  • musical instrument,
  • ministry,
  • official document,
  • facility,
  • force,
  • paraphernalia,
  • material,
  • appliance,
  • legal instrument,
  • wherewithal,
  • equipment,
  • gadget,
  • utility.
  •intermediary (noun)
  • de-legate,
  • de-legates,
  • inter mediate,
  • inter-ceder,
  • de legate,
  • inter ceder,
  • go between,
  • inter-ceders,
  • inter ceders,
  • interagents,
  • de legates,
  • inter agents,
  • inter-mediates,
  • inter-agents,
  • inter mediates,
  • inter agent,
  • inter-agent.
  •labor (noun)
  • blue collars,
  • rank file,
  • working peoples,
  • blue collar.
  •lap dog (noun)
  • teachers pets,
  • teachers pet,
  • teacher pet,
  • teacher's pets,
  • small dogs,
  • teacher pets.
  •machine (noun)
  • auto mobiles,
  • auto-mobile,
  • auto-mobiles,
  • auto mobile.
  •means (noun)
  • steppingstone,
  • stepping-stones,
  • stepping-stone.
  •mechanism (noun)
  • in-nards,
  • in nards.
  •musical instrument (noun)
  • piano.
  •organ (noun)
  • re views,
  • re-view,
  • re-views,
  • re view.
  •paper/papers (noun)
  • identification paper.
  •piano (noun)
  • grand pianos,
  • pianolas,
  • upright pianos,
  • clavichords.
  •testament (noun)
  • exemplification,
  • exemplifications,
  • earnests.
  •thermometer (noun)
  • thermostats,
  • Thermometers.
  •thing (noun)
  • sub-stance,
  • sub-stances,
  • in-formations,
  • sub stance,
  • sub stances,
  • in-dividual,
  • in-formation,
  • in formations,
  • in dividual.
  •tool (noun)
  • study at tool.
  •trumpet (noun)
  • shophros,
  • shophrot,
  • shophroth,
  • shophars.
  •vehicle (noun)
  • means of expression.
  •way (noun)
  • course action,
  • out-lines,
  • out-line,
  • de sign,
  • de-signs,
  • de-sign,
  • out lines,
  • MODU,
  • out line,
  • de signs.

• v.

  •arrange (verb)
  • adapt,
  • score,
  • orchestrate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • woodwind,
  • Pincers,
  • stooge,
  • stringed instrument,
  • wind instrument,
  • percussion,
  • rhythm section,
  • instrumentation,
  • consort.
  •
  • alto,
  • control,
  • brass.
  •
  • dupe.
  •
  • string.
  •
  • mean.
  •machine
  • motor.
  •worker
  • laborer.
  •Other relevant words:
  • bootlicker,
  • debenture,
  • ticket agent,
  • expulsion,
  • Seismoscope,
  • Dragonnade,
  • footlicker,
  • deed poll,
  • claim agent,
  • gismo,
  • tape recorder,
  • aid,
  • arraignment,
  • promoter,
  • roll,
  • electroencephalograph,
  • speculum,
  • enrolment,
  • performer,
  • viscosimeter,
  • robot pilot,
  • octant,
  • hemostat,
  • pliers,
  • nonetheless,
  • nail,
  • thingumabob,
  • modulate,
  • contract,
  • microscope,
  • gantlet,
  • testamentary,
  • Scales,
  • chronometer,
  • radio,
  • spokeswoman,
  • brown-nose,
  • fishhook,
  • syringe,
  • paper clip,
  • bodkin,
  • file,
  • theatrical agent,
  • oscillograph,
  • docket,
  • lickspittle,
  • doer,
  • harmonize,
  • cramp,
  • vise,
  • codicil,
  • entity,
  • catalyst,
  • micrometer,
  • magnetic compass,
  • adopt,
  • item,
  • ingredient,
  • compass,
  • set to music,
  • goad,
  • hypodermic,
  • melody,
  • pari-mutuel machine,
  • splint,
  • cuff,
  • Dingus,
  • aneroid,
  • grab,
  • tachometer,
  • bootlick,
  • writ,
  • Aerometer,
  • amanuensis,
  • goniometer,
  • balance,
  • hand,
  • general agent,
  • gubbins,
  • publication,
  • imprisonment,
  • parchment,
  • marlinespike,
  • pin,
  • otoscope,
  • altimeter,
  • align,
  • diathermy machine,
  • scaffold,
  • laser,
  • business agent,
  • transpose,
  • cause,
  • press agent,
  • spit,
  • Fustigation,
  • carrier,
  • execute,
  • conform,
  • cock,
  • grapnel,
  • gyrocompass,
  • Estrapade,
  • prick,
  • melodize,
  • argumentum baculinum,
  • real estate agent,
  • impulse,
  • spokesman,
  • clerk,
  • needle,
  • operator,
  • rowel,
  • truckler,
  • object,
  • Pitot-static Tube,
  • steward,
  • extractor,
  • photometer,
  • midwife,
  • Fid,
  • member,
  • fool,
  • analytical balance,
  • thumbtack,
  • heat engine,
  • law agent,
  • secretary,
  • power,
  • gosport,
  • minion,
  • register,
  • hypodermic needle,
  • groveler,
  • evaporimeter,
  • agree,
  • galvanometer,
  • federal agent,
  • toad,
  • parliamentary agent,
  • ostracism,
  • grappling iron,
  • so,
  • spine,
  • lancet,
  • suit,
  • enumeration,
  • fawner,
  • Air engine,
  • bombsight,
  • Meteorograph,
  • tack,
  • lash,
  • grapple,
  • structure,
  • Nippers,
  • circular saw,
  • kick,
  • bring,
  • expedient,
  • consignee,
  • assimilate,
  • bastinado,
  • harpoon,
  • consign,
  • adjust,
  • aspirator,
  • peon,
  • carpet tack,
  • banjo,
  • thingy,
  • hat pin,
  • barbwire,
  • functionary,
  • appoint,
  • admit,
  • conciliate,
  • weighing machine,
  • Gauger,
  • however,
  • transcribe,
  • Stereopticon,
  • attestation,
  • Ozonometer,
  • picket,
  • concur,
  • sextant,
  • Pneumatograph,
  • scroll,
  • Aeroscope,
  • dog,
  • clamp,
  • retool,
  • strappado,
  • ass-licker,
  • accept,
  • clasp,
  • rip saw,
  • radiogoniometer,
  • quadrant,
  • brownie,
  • aerial reconnaissance camera,
  • throttle,
  • comply,
  • sound,
  • how,
  • spiculum,
  • plan,
  • federal,
  • gimlet,
  • peter,
  • nevertheless,
  • lance,
  • acquiesce,
  • Oxgoad,
  • hypo,
  • radio compass,
  • seismograph,
  • helot,
  • caltrop,
  • rack,
  • mechanize,
  • station agent,
  • pitchfork,
  • meter,
  • kaleidoscope,
  • assurance,
  • flagellation,
  • jackal,
  • instrumental,
  • flatterer,
  • cockspur,
  • restrain,
  • anemometer,
  • thingumajig,
  • bradawl,
  • appendage,
  • thingummy,
  • alloy balance,
  • pyrometer,
  • accompaniment,
  • establish,
  • staple,
  • why,
  • dossier,
  • thermograph,
  • sting,
  • Hygrograph,
  • spaniel,
  • hypsometer,
  • exile,
  • holograph,
  • blow,
  • shaft,
  • slave,
  • viewer,
  • catalogue,
  • conducive,
  • hickey,
  • prong,
  • stripe,
  • grappler,
  • skewer,
  • beam,
  • forum,
  • fitment,
  • courtier,
  • putz,
  • accommodate,
  • kicker,
  • punch,
  • scrip,
  • absolute altimeter,
  • become,
  • settlement,
  • trephine,
  • land agent,
  • freight agent,
  • restraint,
  • spectroscope,
  • measurer,
  • bedpan,
  • bagpipes,
  • direction finder,
  • Chromatoscope,
  • clip,
  • passport,
  • decorate,
  • hard labor,
  • withal,
  • conduit,
  • set,
  • spirit level,
  • wipe,
  • prepare,
  • spike,
  • apple polisher,
  • catheter,
  • chuck,
  • Tufthunter,
  • canal,
  • douse,
  • wrench,
  • probe,
  • unit,
  • Pneumatometer,
  • pummel,
  • implemental,
  • mover,
  • timeserver,
  • radar,
  • customer agent,
  • decomposition,
  • holdfast,
  • inclinometer,
  • toady,
  • tine,
  • potentiometer,
  • harmonise,
  • control rod,
  • Picketing,
  • pecker,
  • Anemoscope,
  • helpful,
  • flunky,
  • electrocardiograph,
  • special agent,
  • weighbridge,
  • official,
  • will,
  • creature,
  • calorimeter,
  • prism,
  • blank,
  • motorize,
  • voice,
  • lackey,
  • barbed wire,
  • Venturi Tube,
  • turnstile,
  • Tweezers,
  • accelerometer,
  • constitute,
  • Barbule,
  • voice part,
  • fiddle,
  • befit,
  • spirometer,
  • Chirograph,
  • WHOSIS,
  • servant,
  • pari-mutuel,
  • grip,
  • viola,
  • cash register,
  • hook,
  • backslapper,
  • serf,
  • beating,
  • tang,
  • prime mover,
  • thermostat,
  • autograph,
  • analyzer,
  • attune,
  • buffet,
  • air log,
  • handshaker,
  • apply,
  • static tube,
  • whatnot,
  • voting machine,
  • electrograph,
  • component,
  • title deed,
  • sycophant,
  • bestow,
  • clinical thermometer,
  • swab,
  • Cringer,
  • yet,
  • gadgetry,
  • scale,
  • slap,
  • antler,
  • trepan,
  • banishment,
  • sharpen,
  • fed,
  • Intermedium,
  • awl,
  • identification,
  • Pluviograph,
  • dibble,
  • credential,
  • yes-man,
  • ammeter,
  • legal papers,
  • tongs,
  • accessory,
  • travel agent,
  • achieve,
  • yoke,
  • chronograph,
  • chronicle,
  • ancilla,
  • Pluviometer,
  • cheval-de-frise,
  • icepick,
  • drain,
  • gauge,
  • sort,
  • fixture,
  • teletypewriter,
  • Teletype,
  • Galleys,
  • heat lamp,
  • spicule,
  • clawback,
  • scalpel,
  • assay balance,
  • gin,
  • doodah,
  • transit instrument,
  • hand tool,
  • telltale,
  • barb,
  • requisites,
  • insurance agent,
  • hygrometer,
  • automatic pilot,
  • pact,
  • lever,
  • element,
  • clinch,
  • dick,
  • dummy,
  • Muniment,
  • forceps,
  • suture,
  • whatsit,
  • quill,
  • penal servitude,
  • fork,
  • balance of precision,
  • spectrograph,
  • whereby,
  • radio direction finder,
  • thermometrograph,
  • doohickey,
  • Buzzsaw,
  • handmaid,
  • variometer,
  • kowtower,
  • barblet,
  • stethoscope,
  • sharpness,
  • literary agent,
  • power tool,
  • suck,
  • range finder,
  • torture,
  • ticker,
  • manometer,
  • barrel scale,
  • regulate,
  • kymograph,
  • purchasing agent,
  • spearhead,
  • measure,
  • spur,
  • spiral balance,
  • handmaiden,
  • flight recorder,
  • Anemograph,
  • writing,
  • altigraph,
  • intermediate,
  • acquittance,
  • mill,
  • transportation,
  • autosyn,
  • spectrohelioscope,
  • pike,
  • process,
  • walking delegate,
  • baggage agent,
  • barometer,
  • jaws,
  • spokesperson,
  • gaff.

Paraphrases for Instrument:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    instruments.
  • Proper noun, singular
    tool, tools.
  • Noun, plural
    tools.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    tool, tools.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    instrumentation.
  • Noun, plural
    Instrumentalities.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    instrumentality, instrumentation, organ.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    methods, items, rules, Records, supplies, CRS, facility.
  • Noun, plural
    Ones, implements.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Criteria, piece, element, institution, weapon, method, media, medium, lever, facility, way, toolbox, factor, body, yardstick, component.
  • Verb, past tense
    used.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    supporting, ensuring, Ratifying, Achieving, Providing, Having, leading, playing, making.
  • Verb, past participle
    intended, used, designed, updated.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    provides, Does.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    implements, mechanism, mechanisms.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    mechanism, implement.

Antonyms for Instrument:

• n.

  • tool, implement
    end.
  • Other antonyms:
    inventor, originator, principal, chief.

Hypernym for Instrument:

• n.

  • artifact
    cauterant, arm, plotter, measuring system, analyser, drafting instrument, harmonium, measuring device, instrument of execution, measuring instrument, navigational instrument, instrument of punishment, analyzer, extractor, optical instrument, tracer, surveying instrument, organ, scientific instrument, sonograph, weapon, weapon system, medical instrument, engine, reed organ, cautery, whip, surveyor's instrument.

Hyponym for Instrument:

• n.

  • act
    agency, way, means.
  • artifact
    device.

• v.

  • communication
    direct, address.
  • possession
    fit, fit out, outfit, equip.