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Synonyms for tool
tultool
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Wiktionary
toolverb
Synonyms:
use
English Synonyms and Antonyms
tool
A tool is something that is both contrived and used for extending the force of an intelligent agent to something that is to be operated upon. Those things by which pacific and industrial operations are performed are alone properly called tools, those designed for warlike purposes being designated weapons. An instrument is anything through which power is applied and a result produced; in general usage, the word is of considerably wider meaning than tool; as, a piano is a musical instrument. Instrument is the word usually applied to tools used in scientific pursuits; as, we speak of a surgeon's or an optician's instruments. An implement is a mechanical agency considered with reference to some specific purpose to which it is adapted; as, an agricultural implement; implements of war. Implement is a less technical and artificial term than tool. The paw of a tiger might be termed a terrible implement, but not a tool. A utensil is that which may be used for some special purpose; the word is especially applied to articles used for domestic or agricultural purposes; as, kitchen utensils; farming utensils. An appliance is that which is or may be applied to the accomplishment of a result, either independently or as subordinate to something more extensive or important; every mechanical tool is an appliance, but not every appliance is a tool; the traces of a harness are appliances for traction, but they are not tools. Mechanism is a word of wide meaning, denoting any combination of mechanical devices for united action. A machine in the most general sense is any mechanical instrument for the conversion of motion; in this sense a lever is a machine; but in more commonly accepted usage a machine is distinguished from a tool by its complexity, and by the combination and coordination of powers and movements for the production of a result. A chisel by itself is a tool; when it is set so as to be operated by a crank and pitman, the entire mechanism is called a machine; as, a mortising-machine. An apparatus may be a machine, but the word is commonly used for a collection of distinct articles to be used in connection or combination for a certain purpose — a mechanical equipment; as, the apparatus of a gymnasium; especially, for a collection of appliances for some scientific purpose; as, a chemical or surgical apparatus; an apparatus may include many tools, instruments, or implements. Implement is for the most part and utensil is altogether restricted to the literal sense; instrument, machine, and tool have figurative use, instrument being used largely in a good, tool always in a bad sense; machine inclines to the unfavorable sense, as implying that human agents are made mechanically subservient to some controlling will; as, an instrument of Providence; the tool of a tyrant; a political machine.
Synonyms:
apparatus, appliance, implement, instrument, machine, mechanism, utensil, weapon
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
toolnoun
an implement used in the practice of a vocation
Synonyms:
dick, instrument, cock, putz, puppet, prick, shaft, creature, pecker, peterinstrument, toolnoun
the means whereby some act is accomplished
"my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"
Synonyms:
creature, shaft, prick, instrumental role, musical instrument, peter, legal document, dick, legal instrument, cat's-paw, pawn, putz, puppet, official document, pecker, cock, instrumentcreature, tool, puppetnoun
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
Synonyms:
brute, animate being, shaft, puppet, prick, peter, fauna, marionette, pecker, animal, beast, putz, instrument, wight, creature, cock, dickcock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putzverb
obscene terms for penis
Synonyms:
beam, pricking, shaft, peter, pecker, dig, turncock, light beam, puppet, gumshoe, incision, neb, cocksucker, dickhead, cock, rotating shaft, quill, shaft of light, slit, dick, barb, ray of light, prick, shit, beak, bastard, hawkshaw, scape, slam, son of a bitch, instrument, diaphysis, bill, scratch, calamus, lance, peckerwood, stopcock, asshole, spear, rooster, gibe, hammer, beam of light, creature, putz, jibe, irradiation, woodpecker, whoreson, dent, nib, ray, shottoolverb
drive
"The convertible tooled down the street"
Synonyms:
tool around, joyridejoyride, tool, tool aroundverb
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
"We tooled down the street"
Synonyms:
tool around, joyridetoolverb
furnish with tools
Synonyms:
tool around, joyridetoolverb
work with a tool
Synonyms:
tool around, joyride
Dictionary of English Synonymes
toolnoun
Synonyms:
instrument, implement, utensiltoolnoun
Synonyms:
hireling
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "tool":
instrument, tools, instruments, means, utility, mechanism, vehicle, device, toolkit, average
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#61 | use | |
#401 | tools | |
#754 | means | |
#774 | average | |
#813 | bill | |
#1153 | machine | |
#1247 | tool | |
#1294 | animal | |
#1370 | peter | |
#1526 | vehicle | |
#1634 | device | |
#1695 | instruments | |
#1967 | shot | |
#2152 | cock | |
#2480 | ray | |
#2804 | utility | |
#3045 | dick | |
#3594 | implement | |
#3682 | instrument | |
#4017 | mechanism | |
#4619 | beast | |
#4793 | shit | |
#5471 | beam | |
#6301 | weapon | |
#6693 | appliance | |
#7665 | scratch | |
#7721 | hammer | |
#7788 | dig | |
#8524 | shaft | |
#9144 | apparatus | |
#9459 | lance | |
#9755 | toolkit | |
#9827 | creature | |
#11841 | slam | |
#13712 | dent | |
#13974 | spear | |
#14107 | asshole | |
#14767 | nib | |
#15342 | bastard | |
#15375 | puppet | |
#16135 | fauna | |
#16286 | barb | |
#16634 | wight | |
#20823 | rooster | |
#21292 | irradiation | |
#21399 | slit | |
#23477 | brute | |
#23745 | pawn | |
#28087 | prick | |
#28113 | woodpecker | |
#30133 | quill | |
#32143 | incision | |
#36945 | beak | |
#44254 | neb | |
#44952 | cocksucker | |
#46000 | dupe | |
#46768 | utensil | |
#47916 | scape | |
#48560 | marionette | |
#52871 | pecker | |
#73007 | joyride | |
#85364 | jibe | |
#91044 | putz | |
#93581 | calamus | |
#98385 | dickhead | |
#107379 | pricking | |
#130948 | gumshoe | |
#156599 | stopcock | |
#185665 | hawkshaw | |
#196498 | hireling | |
#213898 | gibe | |
#322761 | diaphysis |
How to use tool in a sentence?
The search engines are no longer kidding around when it comes to mobile optimization, google has released AMP Pages, their tool to allow web designers to quickly optimize their pages for mobile devices, and Apple is building their entire algorithm based on the actions of mobile users, based on their massive mobile phone market share.
It's more likely to serve as a tax-planning tool for wealthy individuals than a lifeline for the middle class, this is an emergency situation, but we already have an underlying retirement security problem, so sending the signal that it's OK to make yourself less financially secure to gain more security today is not ideal public policy.
People are still going to want to physically buy something in a store, but virtual reality is the experience where they can envisage (the item), and use it more as a planning tool than a purchasing tool.
It is time to investigate the Russian-funded environmental groups who have convinced President Biden not to unleash America’s full energy potential, russia will use every tool at their disposal to undermine our national security, and by listening to these radical groups, the Biden Administration has allowed them to succeed.
The only thing what you can get, when you search for it is 'success'... But the most important tool for finding it is 'hardwork'...
Translations for tool
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- أداةArabic
- средство, оборудвам, инструмент, изработвамBulgarian
- eina, equiparCatalan, Valencian
- nástroj, obrábětCzech
- teclynWelsh
- pik, redskab, udstyre, instrument, bearbejde, værktøj, maskineDanish
- Tool, Teil, Werkzeug, Instrument, Gerät, bearbeitenGerman
- όργανο, ενεργούμενο, εργαλείο, υποχείριοGreek
- laboriloEsperanto
- utensilio, herramientaSpanish
- rügama, tööriist, viimistlema, vahend, riist, varustama, instrumentaalprogrammEstonian
- ابزارPersian
- kalu, varustaa, työkalu, työstääFinnish
- outil, façonnerFrench
- arkWestern Frisian
- innealScottish Gaelic
- ferramenta, equiparGalician
- כלי, מכשירHebrew
- साधनHindi
- szer, eszközHungarian
- գործիքArmenian
- instrumentoInterlingua
- alatIndonesian
- arnese, attrezzo, strumentoItalian
- 工具, 道具, 使いっ走り, 玩具, でくの坊, ツールJapanese
- 도구Korean
- instrumentum, ferramentumLatin
- parahaMāori
- alatMalay
- redskapNorwegian
- gereedschap, bewerken, lul, instrument, hulpmiddel, werktuig, uitrustenDutch
- reiskapNorwegian Nynorsk
- utruste, verktøy, bearbeide, kuk, utstyreNorwegian
- bee naʼanishíNavajo, Navaho
- narzędzie, harować, obrabiać, wyposażać, kutasPolish
- ferramenta, aplicação, instrumento, trabalhar, equipar, talhar, programaPortuguese
- sculă, unealtă, instrumentRomanian
- тул, оснастить, оборудовать, инструмент, прибор, оснащать, экипировать, аппарат, средство, орудие трудаRussian
- alat, pribor, sredstvo, прибор, средство, алатSerbo-Croatian
- orodjeSlovene
- kuk, verktygSwedish
- kifaaSwahili
- araç, aletTurkish
- osti, usteyeWalloon
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