Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Instrument

Nouns
  • machinery, mechanism, engineering. instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill
  • air engine, caloric engine, heat engine. gear
  • tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances
  • plant, materiel
  • harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments
  • barde
  • equipment, equipmentage
  • appointments, furniture, upholstery
  • chattels
  • paraphernalia etc. (belongings) Property. mechanical powers
  • lever, leverage
  • mechanical advantage
  • crow, crowbar
  • handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing
  • oar, paddle
  • pulley
  • wheel and axle
  • wheelwork, clockwork
  • wheels within wheels
  • pinion, crank, winch
  • cam
  • pedal
  • capstan etc. (lift) Elevation
  • wheel etc. (rotation) [Motion in a continued circle.] Rotation
  • inclined plane
  • wedge
  • screw
  • spring, mainspring
  • can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel. handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key
  • turnscrew, screwdriver
  • knocker. hammer etc. (impulse) Impulse
  • edge tool etc. (cut) Sharpness
  • borer etc. Perforator
  • vice, teeth, c. (hold) Retention
  • nail, rope etc. (join) [Connecting medium.] Connection
  • peg etc. (hang) Pendency
  • support etc. Support
  • spoon etc. (vehicle) Vehicle
  • arms etc. Arms
  • oar etc. (navigation) [Locomotion by water, or air.] Navigation
  • cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph.
Adjectives