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toolnoun an article intended for use in workneeded a special tool to open the case of the appliance device, implement, instrument, utensil apparatus, appliance, mechanismcontraption, contrivance, gadget, gizmo(also gismo), jiggeraccessory(also accessary), accoutrement(or accouterment), adjunct, appendage, attachment one that is or can be used to further the purposes of anothera ruthless leader using his trusting followers as tools in his quest for power cat's-paw, instrument, lay figure, pawn, puppet chump, dupe, foil, gull, sucker, victimminion, stoogelap dog, yes-man one who is easily deceived or cheatedyou're just a pathetic tool of the advertising industry if you believe everything you see in TV commercials chump, dupe, gull, mug(chiefly British), patsy, pigeon, pushover, sap, soft touch, sucker cat's-paw, mark, target, victimschlemiel(also shlemiel)butt, derision, laughingstock, mock, mockerybooby, dodo, fool, goose, half-wit, jackass, lunatic, monkey, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simp, simpleton, turkey, yo-yoloserblockhead, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, idiot, imbecile, moron, schlub(also shlub, slang), schlump(slang), schnook(slang) cheat, cheater, confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, hoaxer, shark, sharper, slicker, swindler, trickster toolverbto travel by a motorized vehicleI spent some time tooling around town today automobile, drive, motor roll, wheeljoyridechauffeur, hack, taxiridedrag, race n.implement, tool, instrument, appliance, utensil mean a relatively simple device for performing work.implement may apply to anything necessary to perform a task.crude stone implements farm implements tool suggests an implement adapted to facilitate a definite kind or stage of work and suggests the need of skill more strongly than implement.a carpenter's tools instrument suggests a device capable of delicate or precise work.the dentist's instruments appliance refers to a tool or instrument utilizing a power source and suggests portability or temporary attachment.household appliances utensil applies to a device used in domestic work or some routine unskilled activity.kitchen utensils before the 12th century |