Synonyms for instrument
ˈɪn strə məntin·stru·ment

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1. instrumentverb

   To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.

   a sonata instrumented for orchestra

   Synonyms:
   arrange

2. instrumentverb

   Synonyms:
   play

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1. instrument

   In strict philosophical usage, the prime mover or doer of an act is the agent. Thus we speak of man as a voluntary agent, a free agent. But in common usage, especially in business, an agent is not the prime actor, but only an instrument or factor, acting under orders or instructions. Compare CAUSE.

   Synonyms:
   actor, agent, doer, factor, means, mover, operator, performer, promoter

   Antonyms:
   chief, inventor, originator, principal

   Preposition:
   An agent of the company for selling, etc.

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1. instrument

   Synonyms:
   implement, utensil, tool, document, deed, record, medium, muniment, means, channel, machine, agent

   Antonyms:
   misapplication, counteraction, counteragent, neutralizer, opponent, bar, obstruction, preventive, stop

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1. instrumentnoun

   a device that requires skill for proper use

   Synonyms:
   legal document, cat's-paw, official document, tool, pawn, musical instrument, instrumental role, legal instrument

2. instrument, toolnoun

   the means whereby some act is accomplished

   "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"

   Synonyms:
   creature, shaft, prick, instrumental role, musical instrument, peter, legal document, dick, legal instrument, cat's-paw, pawn, putz, puppet, official document, pecker, cock, tool

3. instrument, pawn, cat's-pawnoun

   a person used by another to gain an end

   Synonyms:
   legal document, cat's-paw, official document, tool, pawn, musical instrument, instrumental role, legal instrument

4. legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrumentnoun

   (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

   Synonyms:
   legal document, cat's-paw, official document, tool, legal instrument, instrumental role, musical instrument, pawn

5. instrumental role, instrumentnoun

   the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process

   Synonyms:
   official document, legal document, cat's-paw, tool, pawn, musical instrument, instrumental role, legal instrument

6. musical instrument, instrumentverb

   any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds

   Synonyms:
   official document, legal document, cat's-paw, tool, pawn, musical instrument, instrumental role, legal instrument

7. instrumentverb

   equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling

   Synonyms:
   instrumentate

8. instrument, instrumentateverb

   write an instrumental score for

   Synonyms:
   instrumentate

9. instrumentverb

   address a legal document to

   Synonyms:
   instrumentate

Matched Categories

1. • Address
   • Assistant
   • Compose
   • Device
   • Equip
   • Music
   • Semantic Role

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1. psaltery

   psaltery is a type of instrument

   Submitted by anonymous on May 5, 2021  

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1. instrumentnoun

   Synonyms:
   tool, implement, utensil

2. instrumentnoun

   Synonyms:
   medium, agent, means

3. instrumentnoun

   Synonyms:
   writing, document, charter, deed, indenture

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1. instrumentnoun

   Synonyms:
   tool, utensil, implement, agent, means, medium

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1. List of paraphrases for "instrument":

   tool, instruments, device, means, facility, tools, mechanism, vehicle, clerical, toolkit, apparatus

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1. Oumar Touré:

   Radical jihad reigned, they see music in your phone -- they take it away and break it. They see you with an instrument in your hands -- they break it.

2. Amanda Gorman:

   Poetry is a weapon. It is an instrument of social change...and poetry is one of the most political arts out there because it demands that you rupture and destabilize the language in which you're working with. Inherently, you are pushing against the status quo. And so for me, it's always existed in that tradition of truth-telling.

3. Primo Levi:

   Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.

4. Jack Markell:

   The use of capital punishment is an instrument of imperfect justice that doesn't make us any safer, it is my hope that today's decision will mean that we never see another death sentence in our state.

5. Saint Francis of Assisi:

   Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace Where there is hatred let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith Where there is despair, hope Where there is darkness, light Where there is sadness, joy.