INSTRUMENT

n. 1 implement, tool, device, apparatus, utensil, appliance, contrivance, mechanism, gadget, Colloq contraption, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, thingy, whatsit, what's-its-name, whatnot, what-d'you-call-it, Brit gubbins, US gismo or gizmo Which instrument should I use to loosen this bolt? The doctor extracted the splinter with some sort of instrument 2 agency, means, way, factor, mechanism, instrumentality, wherewithal, (prime) mover, catalyst, agent Summers refused to be the instrument of bringing free people into slavery 3 contract, (legal) document, (written) agreement, pact, compact, paper After the signing, copies of the instruments were exchanged