Instrument

//ˈɪnstɹəmənt//

Synonyms for "instrument" (472 found)

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Closest matches (95)

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Noun(2 words)

tool cat's-paw

Verb(1 words)

arrange

Strong matches (141)

contract contraption contrivance control rod counter scale courtier cramp creature cringer customer agent cylinder scale danish balance deed device diathermy machine dibble direction finder docket document dog

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dossier drain drum scale dummy dupe edict electrocardiograph electroencephalograph electrograph equipment evaporimeter expedient facsimile telegraph factor faithful servant fan scale fawner fed federal federal agent fid file fishhook fixture flatterer flexure plate scale flight recorder flunky fool footlicker forceps fork form freight agent functionary gadget gaff galvanometer gauge gauger gear general agent gimcrack gimlet gimmick gizmo go between go-between goad goniometer gosport gosport tube grab gramophone grapnel grapple grappler grappling iron grip groveler gyrocompass gyropilot hand tool handmaid handmaiden handshaker harmonize harpoon hat pin heat lamp helot hemostat holdfast holograph hook horn hub dynamometer hygrograph hygrometer hypo hypodermic hypodermic needle hypsometer icepick implement inclinometer induction compass instrumental role instrumentality instrumentate instrumentation insurance agent interagent intermediary intermediate intermedium jackal jaws joy stick kaleidoscope kowtower kymograph lackey lance lancet land agent laser law agent led captain legal instrument legal paper lever lever scales lickspit lickspittle literary agent

Noun(4 words)

implement instrumental role legal document legal instrument

Verb(1 words)

instrumentate

Related words (236)

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meteorograph meter microfilm reader micrometer microscope midwife mill minion ministry motorize musical instrument musicalize nail needle news agent nippers octant official official document optical altimeter orchestrate organ oscillograph otoscope oxgoad ozonometer pact pair of scales paper paper clip papers paraphernalia parchment pari-mutuel pari-mutuel machine parliamentary agent passenger agent pawn peon personal file photometer pike pin pincers pitchfork pitot-static tube plate fulcrum scale platform scale play plaything pliers pluviograph pluviometer pneumatograph pneumatometer potentiometer power tool precision balance precision scale precision tool press agent prime mover prism probe prong punch puppet purchasing agent pus basin put to music pyrometer quadrant quill radar radio radio compass radio direction finder radiogoniometer range finder rate-of-climb indicator real estate agent recording barometer recording hygrometer register retool robot pilot roll roman balance rowel sales agent scale scales scalpel score scrip script scroll secretary seismograph seismoscope serf servant set set to music sextant sharpen short-arm balance skewer slave sound sound recorder spaniel spearhead special agent spectrograph spectrohelioscope spectroscope speculum speed tool spicule spiculum spike spine spiral balance spirit level spirometer spit splint spur staple static tube station agent stereopticon stethoscope steward sting stooge strike radar scanner suck sun compass suture swab sycophant syringe tachometer tack tackle tang tape recorder teletype teletypewriter telltale theatrical agent thermograph thermometer thermometrograph thermostat thing thingumabob thingumajig thingummy throttle thumbtack ticker ticket agent timeserver tine toad toady tongs tool toy transcribe transit instrument transpose travel agent trepan trephine truckler tufthunter turnstile tweezers utensil variometer vehicle venturi tube viewer viscosimeter vise voice voting machine walking delegate way weigh scales weighbridge weighing machine weight voltameter weightometer whatnot wherewithal wrench writ write writing x-ray machine yes man yes-man yoke

Noun(5 words)

machine musical instrument official document pawn utensil

Verb(3 words)

measure play supervise

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

14 relation types

More general

22 entries

address agency artifact assistant compose device direct document equip fit fit out help helper means outfit papers

Showing 16 of 22 words.

More specific

8 entries

axe hammer musical instrument pincers pliers saw screwdriver wrench

Synonyms

6 entries

arrange instrumental role legal document measure musical instrument play

Related terms

3 entries

:Category:Tools construe instrumental

at location

12 entries

band band room case dentist's office hospital or music hall laboratory music hall music shop musical stores operating room orchestra orchestra or band

capable of

3 entries

make music play lots of music tell reading

causes

1 entries

job

derived

52 entries

B♭ instrument C instrument E♭ instrument F instrument Maisonneuve's instrument Sabouraud-Noiré instrument absolute instrument bioinstrument block instrument blunt instrument brass instrument cash instrument chosen instrument debt instrument derivative instrument financial instrument

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has context

2 entries

legal music

is a

7 entries

assistant device means means by tangible thing tool for doing tool for executing skill

manner of

3 entries

address compose equip

receives action

1 entries

played

related to

41 entries

agency band bands cello contract cook up deed device guitar implement indenture instrumental maker making making music means

Showing 16 of 41 words.

used for

18 entries

analyzing data collecting data doing useful express feelings making easier making music manipulating data measuring data music perform surgery performing function playing playing music produce musical sounds recording data soothing animals

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Translations

213 translations across 72 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

vegël noun (musical device)
vegël muzikor noun (musical device)

Amharic

1 entries

መሣሪያ noun (tool)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἐργαλεῖον noun (tool)
ὄργανον noun (musical device)

Arabic

3 entries

آلَة noun (tool)
أَدَاة noun (tool)
الة موسيقية noun (musical device)

Armenian

1 entries

գործիք noun (tool)

Asturian

1 entries

instrumentu noun (musical device)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

alət noun (tool)

Belarusian

1 entries

інструме́нт noun (tool)

Bulgarian

4 entries

апарат noun (measuring device)
инструме́нт noun (tool)
музикален инструмент noun (musical device)
оръ́дие noun (tool)

Catalan

4 entries

instrument noun (musical device)
instrument noun (tool)
instrument noun (legal document)
instrument noun (person used as a mere tool)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎧᏃᎩᏍᏙᏗ noun (musical device)

Chinese

2 entries

kang-kū (zh-min-nan) noun (tool)
khì-kū noun (tool)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

仪器 noun (measuring device)
仪表 noun (measuring device)
工具 noun (tool)

Czech

3 entries

nástroj noun (musical device)
nástroj noun (tool)
přístroj noun (measuring device)

Danish

4 entries

instrument noun (musical device)
instrument noun (tool)
musikinstrument noun (musical device)
måleapparat noun (measuring device)

Dutch

4 entries

instrument noun (musical device)
instrument noun (measuring device)
instrument noun (tool)
meetinstrument noun (measuring device)

Esperanto

2 entries

aparato noun (measuring device)
instrumento noun (musical device)

Estonian

3 entries

muusikariist noun (musical device)
pill noun (musical device)
vahend noun (tool)

Finnish

4 entries

instrumentti noun (musical device)
mittalaite noun (measuring device)
mittari noun (measuring device)
soitin noun (musical device)

French

2 entries

acte noun (legal document)
instrument noun (musical device)

Galician

1 entries

instrumento noun (musical device)

Georgian

2 entries

იარაღი noun (tool)
ინსტრუმენტი noun (tool)

German

4 entries

Dokument noun (legal document)
Handlanger noun (person used as a mere tool)
Instrument noun (musical device)
Instrument noun (measuring device)

Greek

4 entries

έγγραφο noun (legal document)
ενεργούμενο noun (person used as a mere tool)
εργαλείο noun (tool)
υποχείριο noun (person used as a mere tool)

Greenlandic

1 entries

nipilersuut noun (musical device)

Hebrew

4 entries

כלי noun (tool)
כלי נגינה noun (musical device)
מכשיר noun (measuring device)
מסמך noun (legal document)

Hindi

4 entries

उपकरण noun (tool)
बाजा noun (musical device)
मापन noun (measuring device)
वाद्य noun (musical device)

Hungarian

2 entries

hangszer noun (musical device)
műszer noun (tool)

Icelandic

1 entries

hljóðfæri noun (musical device)

Ido

2 entries

muzik-instrumento noun (musical device)
muzikilo noun (musical device)

Indonesian

1 entries

instrumen noun (musical device)

Ingrian

4 entries

asu noun (tool)
pribora noun (measuring device)
pribora noun (tool)
tööriista noun (tool)

Irish

4 entries

adhbh cheoil noun (musical device)
gléas noun (musical device)
ionstraim noun (musical device)
ionstraim noun (tool)

Italian

3 entries

strumento noun (musical device)
strumento noun (measuring device)
strumento noun (tool)

Japanese

4 entries

器具 noun (tool)
器械 noun (tool)
楽器 noun (musical device)
計器 noun (measuring device)

Javanese

3 entries

alat noun (tool)
perkakas noun (tool)
piranti noun (tool)

Kazakh

1 entries

аспап noun (tool)

Korean

4 entries

계기 noun (measuring device)
기계 noun (tool)
기구 noun (tool)
도구 noun (tool)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

аспап noun (tool)

Latin

2 entries

instrūmentum noun (tool)
organum noun (musical device)

Latvian

3 entries

ierīce noun (tool)
instruments noun (musical device)
rīks noun (tool)

Lithuanian

4 entries

instrumentas noun (musical device)
prietaisas noun (tool)
įrankis noun (tool)
įrankis noun (person used as a mere tool)

Malay

1 entries

alat noun (tool)

Malayalam

1 entries

സംഗീത ഉപകരണം noun (musical device)

Māori

2 entries

mea whakatangi noun (musical device)
paraha noun (tool)

Norwegian

2 entries

måleapparat noun (measuring device)
redskap noun (tool)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

instrument noun (musical device)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

instrument noun (musical device)

Occitan

1 entries

instrument noun (tool)

Persian

2 entries

ابزار noun (tool)
اسباب noun (tool)

Polish

4 entries

instrument noun (musical device)
instrument noun (tool)
instrument noun (legal document)
narzędzie noun (tool)

Portuguese

4 entries

aparelho noun (measuring device)
instrumento noun (musical device)
instrumento noun (measuring device)
instrumento noun (tool)

Romanian

3 entries

aparat noun (measuring device)
instrument noun (musical device)
instrument noun (measuring device)

Russian

4 entries

акт noun (legal document)
гра́мота noun (legal document)
инструме́нт noun (musical device)
инструме́нт noun (tool)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

inneal noun (tool)
inneal-ciùil noun (musical device)
inneal-tomhais noun (measuring device)
ionnsramaid noun (musical device)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

alat noun (tool)
алат noun (tool)

Slovak

1 entries

nástroj noun (tool)

Slovene

4 entries

glasbilo noun (musical device)
instrument noun (musical device)
inštrument noun (musical device)
orodje noun (tool)

Spanish

4 entries

herramienta noun (tool)
instrumento noun (musical device)
instrumento noun (tool)
instrumento noun (legal document)

Swedish

3 entries

instrument noun (musical device)
instrument noun (tool)
mätinstrument noun (measuring device)

Tajik

3 entries

абзор noun (tool)
асбоб noun (tool)
олат noun (tool)

Tamil

1 entries

இசைக்கருவி noun (musical device)

Telugu

1 entries

పనిముట్టు noun (tool)

Thai

4 entries

ตราสาร noun (legal document)
เครื่อง noun (tool)
เครื่องดนตรี noun (musical device)
เครื่องมือ noun (person used as a mere tool)

Tibetan

2 entries

རོལ་ཆའི་ཡོ་བྱད noun (musical device)
ལག་ཆ noun (tool)

Turkish

2 entries

alet noun (tool)
enstrüman noun (tool)

Turkmen

2 entries

esbap noun (tool)
gural noun (tool)

Ukrainian

2 entries

інструме́нт noun (musical device)
інструме́нт noun (tool)

Urdu

3 entries

آلہ noun (tool)
اوزار noun (musical device)
ساز noun (musical device)

Uzbek

1 entries

asbob noun (tool)

Vietnamese

2 entries

dụng cụ noun (tool)
nhạc cụ noun (musical device)

Welsh

1 entries

teclyn noun (tool)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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Do you play a musical instrument?

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The thermometer is an instrument for measuring temperature.

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You play a musical instrument, don't you?

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Language is an indispensable instrument of human society.

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