Instrument
Instrument noun - Something used to achieve an end.
Usage example: he sees scouting as an instrument for building character in young people
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Synonyms for Instrument
Machinery is a synonym for instrument in tool topic. In some cases you can use "Machinery" instead a noun "Instrument".
Machinery
Machinery noun - Something used to achieve an end.
Usage example: sincerely believes that the machinery of government can be used to better people's lives
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Synonyms for Machinery
Instrument is a synonym for machinery in devices performing work topic. You can use "Instrument" instead a noun "Machinery".
Nearby Words: machine, machining
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- device and instrument
- device and machinery
- apparatus and instrument
- apparatus and machinery
- agent and instrument
- agent and machinery
- system and instrument
- system and machinery
- tackle and instrument
- tackle and machinery
- gear and instrument
- gear and machinery
- equipment and instrument
- equipment and machinery
How words are described
| human | human instrument | human machinery |
| expensive | expensive instrument | expensive machinery |
| musical | musical instrument | musical machinery |
| complex | complex instrument | complex machinery |
| Other adjectives: alien, many, delicate, real, large, big, necessary, new, political, strange, futuristic, magical, medical, specialized. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Everything Is an Instrument: The song "Cvalda", in which the rhythm is inspired by the noise of factory machinery.
Source: Film / Dancer in the Dark -
Everything Is an Instrument: As explained in the DVD/BluRay extras, the non-orchestral side of the soundtrack that contains industrial-sounding techno stuff was actually made from sampling industrial material and machinery, then remixed into music.
Source: Film / Looper
Cite this Source
Machinery and Instrument. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/instrument/machinery
Instrument & Machinery. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/instrument/machinery>.
Machinery or Instrument. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/instrument/machinery.
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