Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Instrumentality

Nouns
  • instrumentality
  • aid etc. Aid
  • subservience, subserviency
  • mediation, intervention, medium, intermedium, vehicle, hand
  • agency etc. Agency. minister, handmaid
  • midwife, obstetrician
  • gobetween
  • cat's-paw
  • stepping-stone. opener etc. Opening
  • key
  • master key, passkey, latchkey
  • open sesame
  • " passport, passe-partout, safe-conduct, password. instrument etc. Instrument
  • expedient etc. (plan) Plan
  • means etc. Means.
Verbs
  • subserve, minister, mediate, intervene
  • be instrumental etc. adj.
  • pander to
  • officiate
  • tend.
Adjectives
  • instrumental
  • useful etc. Utility
  • ministerial, subservient, mediatorial
  • intermediate, intervening
  • conducive.
Adverbs
  • through, by, per
  • whereby, thereby, hereby
  • by the agency of etc. Agency
  • by dint of
  • by virtue of, in virtue of
  • through the medium of etc. n.
  • along with
  • on the shoulders of
  • by means of etc. Means
  • by the aid of, by fair means or foul
  • somehow, somehow or other
  • by hook or by crook.