Synonyms for machinery
məˈʃi nə rima·chin·e·ry

Princeton's WordNet

1. machinerynoun

   machines or machine systems collectively

2. machinerynoun

   a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions

   "the complex machinery of negotiation"; "the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order"

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1. machinerynoun

   Synonyms:
   enginery, mechanism

2. machinerynoun

   Synonyms:
   supernatural agency (in poems)

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1. List of paraphrases for "machinery":

   machines, mechanism, machine, mechanisms, mechanical, machine-building, equipment, apparatus, device, mechanically, engine

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1. Shi Yang:

   It will be another tough year for construction machinery makers as the growth of the country's fixed asset investment continues to slow.

2. John Maynard Keynes:

   Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ten men to do the work of one.

3. Jason Snead:

   I don’t know how many Americans, when you say that you’re fighting for voting rights, think that means that we should be directing taxpayer dollars to politicians’ campaigns, but that’s what some of these bills do, and a whole bunch of other stuff, which all is really designed to weaken voting safeguards and, I would argue, change the machinery of democracy to favor one party over the other.

4. Francis Bacon:

   I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.

5. Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas:

   (The national development fund) is asking for the initial contribution quickly, urgently, so it can keep approving financing for 4G and the projects can acquire machinery and staff.