Device
Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Equipment is a synonym for device in system topic. In some cases you can use "Equipment" instead a noun "Device", when it comes to topics like instrument.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old device | old equipment |
| good | good device | good equipment |
| special | special device | special equipment |
| similar | similar device | similar equipment |
| Other adjectives: specific, certain, alien, standard, powerful, actual, personal, new, useful, advanced, broken, scientific, magical, medical, electrical, high-tech, electronic. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The Visual Dictionary even has a picture of such an engineer, wearing his equipment, including one device which is stated to have had its casing made from part of a toilet.
Source: Scavenged Punk -
It may use similar equipment, but is never referred to as defibrillation, and is rarely done outside a hospital setting and never with an automated device.
Source: Magical Defibrillator - Said noise turns out to be construction equipment from the next scene, where the protagonists are trying to build a device in the garage.
Source: Prelap
Cite this Source
Equipment and Device. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/equipment
Device & Equipment. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/equipment>.
Equipment or Device. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/equipment.
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