Synonyms of the word

instrument

• n. A device used to produce music.
• n. A means or agency for achieving an effect.
• n. A measuring or displaying device.
• n. A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
• n. (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
• n. (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
• v. (transitive) To apply measuring devices.
• v. (transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
• v. To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.

address

• n. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
• n. Act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech.
• n. Manner of speaking to another; delivery.
• n. Attention in the way one addresses a lady.
• n. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
• n. (obsolete) Act of preparing oneself.
• n. A description of the location of a property.
• n. (by extension) The property itself.
• n. (computing) A location in computer memory.
• n. (Internet) An Internet address; URL.
• n. An email address.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To prepare oneself.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To direct speech.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To aim; to direct.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or make ready.
• v. (transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
• v. (reflexive) To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
• v. (transitive, archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.
• v. (transitive) To direct, as words, to (anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. to (any…
• v. (transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by…
• v. (transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
• v. (transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
• v. (transitive) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
• v. (transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech…
• v. (transitive, formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To refer a location in computer memory.
• v. (golf, transitive) To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).

agency

• n. The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power; action or activity; operation.
• n. A person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved: instrumentality, means.
• n. The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
• n. An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of…
• n. A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the…

assistant

• adj. Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
• adj. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
• n. (obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
• n. A person who assists or helps someone else.
• n. (Britain) Sales assistant.
• n. A software tool that provides assistance in some task.

cat's-paw

• n. A paw of a cat.
• n. (figuratively) Someone who acts in another's interest, (properly) unknowingly or through trickery.
• n. (nautical) A minor breeze that ripples the surface of a body of water.
• n. (nautical) A twisting variant of the lark's-foot hitch which forms two small bights used to hook a pair…
• n. (figuratively, uncommon) Someone or something that comes down quickly upon a victim in the manner of a…
• n. (US carpentry) A small crowbar with a handle at a right angle to a blade with a V-shaped notch, principally…
• n. (historical weaponry, torture) A metal set of claws worn over the hand or wielded in the hand used to…
• n. (US law) A supervisor whose reliance on a subordinate's analysis is so complete as to render him or her…
• n. Any of several species of North American freshwater mussels of the genus Epioblasma, especially E. obliquata.
• n. Any of several species of Australian bloodworts of the genus Anigozanthos, especially A. humilis.

compose

• v. (transitive) To make something by merging parts.
• v. (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
• v. (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create…
• v. (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
• v. To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
• v. To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
• v. To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
• v. (printing, dated) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.

device

• n. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
• n. (computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
• n. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
• n. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb.
• n. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience;…
• n. (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs…
• n. (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
• n. (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
• n. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
• n. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
• n. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.

direct

• adj. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
• adj. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
• adj. Straightforward; sincere.
• adj. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
• adj. In the line of descent; not collateral.
• adj. (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the…
• adj. (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes…
• adj. (aviation, travel) having a single flight number.
• adv. Directly.
• v. To manage, control, steer.
• v. To aim (something) at (something else).
• v. To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
• v. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
• v. (dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom…

document

• n. An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including…
• n. (obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
• n. (obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.
• v. To record in documents.
• v. To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.

equip

• v. (transitive) To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever…
• v. (transitive) To dress up; to array; accouter.
• v. (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.

fit

• adj. Suitable, proper.
• adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
• adj. In good shape; physically well.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
• adj. Prepared; ready.
• v. (transitive) To be suitable for.
• v. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
• v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape.
• v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
• v. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
• v. (transitive) To equip or supply.
• v. (transitive) To make ready.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
• v. To be proper or becoming.
• v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
• n. The degree to which something fits.
• n. Conformity of elements one to another.
• n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
• n. (advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
• n. (statistics) goodness of fit.
• n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
• n. A seizure or convulsion.
• n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
• n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
• n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
• v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.

help

• n. (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
• n. (usually uncountable) Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
• n. Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer.
• n. (usually uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation…
• n. (uncountable, euphemistic) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social…
• v. (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
• v. (transitive) To contribute in some way to.
• v. (intransitive) To provide assistance.
• v. (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive…
• interj. A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance.

helper

• n. One who helps; an aide.
• n. (Singapore) A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family, or in a market.

means

• n. plural of mean.
• n. An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.
• n. Resources; riches.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mean.

outfit

• n. A set of clothing (with accessories).
• n. Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
• n. Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
• n. (informal) A business or firm.
• n. (sports) A sports team.
• n. (statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
• v. (transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.

papers

• n. plural of paper.
• n. (plural only) Official documents or identification, as a passport.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paper.

pawn

• n. (chess) The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight;…
• n. (colloquial) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end, usually not the end that individual…
• n. The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
• n. An instance of pawning something.
• n. (now rare) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
• n. (rare) A pawn shop, pawnbroker.
• v. To pledge; to stake or wager.
• v. To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
• n. Alternative form of paan.
• v. (video games) Alternative form of pwn.

supporter

• n. A person who gives support to someone or something.
• n. Something that supports another thing.

tool

• n. A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
• n. Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
• n. Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
• n. (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
• n. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
• n. (slang) Penis.
• n. (by extension, slang, pejorative) An obnoxious or uptight person.
• v. (transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
• v. (transitive) To equip with tools.
• v. (transitive) To work very hard.
• v. (transitive, slang) To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to…
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
• v. (transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To drive (a coach, etc.).
• v. (intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.

way

• n. (heading) To do with a place or places.
• n. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
• n. A state or condition.
• n. (heading) Personal interaction.
• n. (paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft,…
• n. (nautical) Speed, progress, momentum.
• n. A degree, an amount, a sense.
• n. (US, As the head of an interjectory clause) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions…
• n. (plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large…
• n. (plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table…
• interj. (only in reply to no way) It is true.
• v. (obsolete) To travel.
• adv. (informal, with comparative or modified adjective) Much.
• adv. (slang, with positive adjective) Very.
• adv. (informal) Far.
• n. The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.

write

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
• v. (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To send written information to.
• v. (transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
• v. (intransitive) To be an author.
• v. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
• v. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.
• v. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
• v. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
• n. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.