Synonyms for apparatus
ˌæp əˈræt əs, -ˈreɪ təsap·pa·ra·tus

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1. apparatusnoun

   The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.

   Synonyms:
   dynamic, mechanism, setup

2. apparatusnoun

   A complex machine or instrument.

   Synonyms:
   machinery, instrument

3. apparatusnoun

   An assortment of tools or instruments.

   Synonyms:
   equipment, gear, tool

4. apparatusnoun

   Synonyms:
   machine

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. apparatus

   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:
   appliance, implement, instrument, machine, mechanism, tool, utensil, weapon

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 10 votes

1. apparatus, setupnoun

   equipment designed to serve a specific function

   Synonyms:
   frame-up, setup

2. apparatusnoun

   (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function

   "the breathing apparatus"

   Synonyms:
   setup

Matched Categories

1. • Anatomy
   • Body Part
   • Equipment

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. apparatusnoun

   Synonyms:
   tools, instruments, utensils, means

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1. List of paraphrases for "apparatus":

   appliances, device, equipment, devices, appliance, aircraft, instrumentation, machine, machinery, utensil, camera, instruments, machines, instrument

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1. Jose Velazquez:

   Today is a day of relief to know it took a multiracial coalition of individuals with different backgrounds and beliefs to move a mountain to challenge the state education apparatus.

2. Andy McCarthy:

   For all the strident claims about how the Clinton campaign pushed the government's law-enforcement and intelligence apparatus into spying on President Trump, Special Counsel Durham has thus far charged no crimes along those lines. The indictment of Democratic Party lawyer Michael Sussmann merely alleges that he lied to the FBI to conceal that he was working for the Clinton campaign and tech executive Rodney Joffe, that said, though, it is just breathtaking to watch the media-Democrat complex, which hyped Robert Mueller’s every move in the bogus Trump-Russia ‘collusion’ caper,suddenly develop laryngitis in the matter of Durham’s probe -- that is, when it is not outright hostile.

3. Thomas Oppermann:

   If thousands of judges and public prosecutors who obviously had nothing to do with the coup are getting removed, then this is an attack on the democratic state under the rule of law, erdogan is abusing the failed coup as an excuse to clean the Turkish state apparatus of opponents of the AKP.

4. Chongyi Feng:

   The finance [industry] is the last of the three key areas for Xi to assert complete control after the military and the [internal] security apparatus.

5. Ronna McDaniel:

   The steps President Trump has taken building a campaign apparatus with the RNC in the past two years is already historic in scope and the scale of what we're building with Trump Victory will be truly unprecedented, even before a single Democrat has announced, President Trump will have a single hybrid operation preparing for the general election.