Word Meanings - INSTRUMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc. Burrill. 4. One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium,

Additional info about word: INSTRUMENT

A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc. Burrill. 4. One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent. Or useful serving man and instrument, To any sovereign state. Shak. The bold are but the instruments of the wise. Dryden. Syn. -- Tool; implement; utensil; machine; apparatus; channel; agent. (more info) 1. That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments. All the lofty instruments of war. Shak. 2. A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument. Praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Ps. cl. 4. But signs when songs and instruments he hears. Dryden.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INSTRUMENT)

• Agent
• Doer
• performer
• actor
• force
• means
• instrument
• influence
• cause
• promoter
• operator
• Deed
• Act
• action
• commission
• achievement
• perpetration
• document
• muniment
• exploit
• feat
• Implement
• Instrument
• utensil
• tool
• appliance
• Means
• Resources
• media
• Record
• Registry
• entry
• enrolment
• list
• index
• catalogue
• register
• schedule
• roll
• scroll
• enumeration
• inventory
• archive
• memorandum
• remembrance

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of INSTRUMENT)

• Obliviate
• silentiate
• suppress

Related words: (words related to INSTRUMENT)

• FORCE
  To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak.
• CAUSEFUL
  Having a cause.
• INDEXICAL
  Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.
• INSTRUMENTAL
  Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
  Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
• MEDIATRESS; MEDIATRIX
  A female mediator.
• REGISTERING
  Recording; -- applied to instruments; having an apparatus which registers; as, a registering thermometer. See Recording.
• ACTION
  Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun. (more info) 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of
• MEDIALUNA
  See HALF-MOON
• UTENSIL
  That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business. Wagons fraught with utensils of war. Milton. (more info) utensilis that may be used, fit for use, fr. uti,
• MEDIA
  pl. of Medium.
• MEDIAN
  Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs and parts; as, median coverts. Median line. Any line in the mesial plane; specif., either of the lines in which
• SCROLLED
  Formed like a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned with scrolls; as, scrolled work.
• COMMISSIONAIRE
  1. One intrusted with a commission, now only a small commission, as an errand; esp., an attendant or subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, or the like. The commissionaire familiar to European travelers performs miscellaneous services
• MEDIAEVALIST
  One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the Middle Ages.
• FORCEPS
  The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig. Dressing forceps. See under Dressing. (more info) 1. A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies
• ACTOR
  1. One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer. 2. A theatrical performer; a stageplayer. After a well graced actor leaves the stage. Shak. An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes. Jacobs. One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or
• MEDIAEVALS
  The people who lived in the Middle Ages. Ruskin.
• AGENT
  Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. "The body agent." Bacon. (more info) Gr. aka to drive, Skr. aj.
• CENTRY
  See GRAY
• REMEDIABLE
  Capable of being remedied or cured. -- Re*me"di*a*ble*ness, n. -Re*me"di*a*bly, adv.
• GENTRY
  gentrise, and OF. gentelise, genterise, E. gentilesse, also OE. 1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. "Pride of gentrie." Chaucer. She conquers him by high almighty Jove, By knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship's oath. Shak. 2. People
• SUPERMEDIAL
  Above the middle.
• SERPENTRY
  1. A winding like a serpent's. 2. A place inhabited or infested by serpents.
• OLFACTOR
  A smelling organ; a nose.
• INTERAGENT
  An intermediate agent.
• REINFORCEMENT
  See REëNFORCEMENT
• EXACTOR
  One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
• REACTIONIST
  A reactionary. C. Kingsley.
• CALEFACTOR
  A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, as a stove, etc.
• SUBCONTRACTOR
  One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor.
• DEFORCEOR
  See DEFORCIANT
• RETRACTOR
  One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
• TRACTORATION
  See PERKINISM