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. 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.

2. Archibald MacLeish:

   Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice. Without the possibility of choice and the exercise of choice a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing.

3. Paolo Gentiloni:

   It will have permanent consequences on financial markets because we have this European-denominated debt to be repaid in the next 30 years, on the future -- if this instrument works and we are able to agree on the new own resources to repay this common debt, I think we can have a serious discussion on further initiatives.

4. Rhiannon Giddens:

   Well, you know, the original banjos were all handmade instruments. Gourd - it would be made with gourds and whatever, you know, materials would have been around. And, you know, first hundred years of its existence, the banjo's known as a plantation instrument, as a black instrument.

5. Richard Tiffin:

   The tax is too blunt an instrument to achieve this.