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Antonyms for implement
ˈɪm plə mənt; -ˌmɛntim·ple·ment

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 2 votes

  1. implement

    A tool is something that is both contrived and used for extending the force of an intelligent agent to something that is to be operated upon. Those things by which pacific and industrial operations are performed are alone properly called tools, those designed for warlike purposes being designated weapons. An instrument is anything through which power is applied and a result produced; in general usage, the word is of considerably wider meaning than tool; as, a piano is a musical instrument. Instrument is the word usually applied to tools used in scientific pursuits; as, we speak of a surgeon's or an optician's instruments. An implement is a mechanical agency considered with reference to some specific purpose to which it is adapted; as, an agricultural implement; implements of war. Implement is a less technical and artificial term than tool. The paw of a tiger might be termed a terrible implement, but not a tool. A utensil is that which may be used for some special purpose; the word is especially applied to articles used for domestic or agricultural purposes; as, kitchen utensils; farming utensils. An appliance is that which is or may be applied to the accomplishment of a result, either independently or as subordinate to something more extensive or important; every mechanical tool is an appliance, but not every appliance is a tool; the traces of a harness are appliances for traction, but they are not tools. Mechanism is a word of wide meaning, denoting any combination of mechanical devices for united action. A machine in the most general sense is any mechanical instrument for the conversion of motion; in this sense a lever is a machine; but in more commonly accepted usage a machine is distinguished from a tool by its complexity, and by the combination and coordination of powers and movements for the production of a result. A chisel by itself is a tool; when it is set so as to be operated by a crank and pitman, the entire mechanism is called a machine; as, a mortising-machine. An apparatus may be a machine, but the word is commonly used for a collection of distinct articles to be used in connection or combination for a certain purpose — a mechanical equipment; as, the apparatus of a gymnasium; especially, for a collection of appliances for some scientific purpose; as, a chemical or surgical apparatus; an apparatus may include many tools, instruments, or implements. Implement is for the most part and utensil is altogether restricted to the literal sense; instrument, machine, and tool have figurative use, instrument being used largely in a good, tool always in a bad sense; machine inclines to the unfavorable sense, as implying that human agents are made mechanically subservient to some controlling will; as, an instrument of Providence; the tool of a tyrant; a political machine.

    Synonyms:
    apparatus, appliance, instrument, machine, mechanism, tool, utensil, weapon

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 4 votes

  1. implement

    Antonyms:
    labor, work, science, art, manufacture, agriculture

    Synonyms:
    instrument, utensil, tool, appliance

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. implementverb

    instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end

  2. implementverb

    apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design

    "implement a procedure"

    Synonyms:
    follow out, put through, go through, follow up, follow through, carry out, apply, enforce

  3. enforce, implement, applyverb

    ensure observance of laws and rules

    "Apply the rules to everyone";

    Synonyms:
    lend oneself, follow out, carry out, follow through, employ, give, go through, hold, utilise, put on, follow up, use, impose, enforce, practice, put through, utilize, go for, apply

  4. follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go throughverb

    pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue

    "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"

    Synonyms:
    follow out, carry out, fulfill, follow through, go across, execute, consume, experience, fulfil, go through, down, follow up, accomplish, carry through, action, run through, enforce, pass, put through, devour, apply, work through, see

How to use implement in a sentence?

  1. Nigel Farage:

    Number 10, the establishment Conservative Party, have a pathological hatred of me, they see me as being the reason they had to offer a referendum, they see me as being one of the major reasons they lost the referendum and now they have to implement something they don’t believe in. They hate it and they’ll never forgive me until the day I die.

  2. Prime Minister Viktor Orban:

    The way I see it now is that, even if not whole-heartedly, Austria acknowledges that Hungary, if it wants to uphold international agreements, should implement actual border controls along the Croatian-Hungarian border.

  3. Iris Harvey:

    It's no coincidence that this ruling came down on the same day the [Ohio] House heard testimony for a bill that would use taxpayer dollars to implement a costly, anti-abortion miseducation campaign in schools and the likely Senate committee vote for the dangerous six-week abortion ban -- a bill that Governor DeWine has promised to sign, it's clear that this is a concerted effort to block Ohioans' from accessing to the full range of reproductive health care, including safe and legal abortion.

  4. Richard Corey:

    California and other states had to go to court, repeatedly, to get the EPA to implement the strict smog standards it claims to be worried about.

  5. Clint Watts:

    With the Belt and Road Initiative( BRI) they will have surveillance, and with surveillance they can implement censorship.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#125work
#338art
#440science
#2137labor
#2730agriculture
#3594implement
#6685manufacture

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