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implement - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | implement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agent, tool |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, equipment, gadget, instrument, machine, utensil |
| Main Entry: | implement |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, put into action |
| Synonyms: | achieve, actualize, bring about, carry out, complete, effect, enable, enforce, execute, fulfill, invoke, materialize, perform, realize, resolve, make good, make possible, provide the means, put into effect |
| Antonyms: | cancel, cease, delay, halt, hinder, pause, stop |
| Main Entry: | appliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | machine, usually with domestic purpose |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, device, gadget, implement, instrument, mechanism, tool |
| Main Entry: | carry out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complete activity |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, consummate, discharge, effect, execute, finalize, fulfill, implement, meet, perform, realize, carry through, effectuate |
| Antonyms: | leave, stop, not finish |
| Main Entry: | effect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out, accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, actualize, actuate, begin, bring about, bring off, bring on, buy, carry through, cause, complete, conceive, conclude, consummate, create, do a number, do one's thing, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, draw on, effectuate, enact, enforce, execute, fulfill, generate, get across, get to, give rise to, implement, induce, initiate, invoke, make, make it, make waves, perform, procure, produce, pull it off, put across, realize, render, secure, sell, turn out, turn the trick, unzip, yield |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
| Antonyms: | fail, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | enable |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allow, authorize |
| Synonyms: | accredit, approve, commission, condition, empower, endow, facilitate, fit, implement, invest, let, license, permit, prepare, qualify, ready, sanction, set up, warrant, capacitate, give power, make possible, provide the means |
| Antonyms: | block, disallow, halt, hinder, inhibit, oppose, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | enforce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put a rule, plan in force |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, administer, apply, carry out, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, demand, dictate, discharge, drive, effect, egg on*, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, fortify, fulfill, goad, hound, impel, implement, impose, incite, invoke, lash, make, necessitate, oblige, perform, press, prosecute, reinforce, require, sanction, spur, strain, stress, strong-arm, support, urge, whip, wrest, administrate, crack down, dragoon, force upon, insist on, lean on, put into effect, put screws to |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disregard, drop, forego, forget, neglect, overlook, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that drives a machine |
| Synonyms: | agent, apparatus, appliance, barrel, contrivance, cylinder, diesel, dynamo, fan, generator, horses, implement, instrument, means, mechanism, motor, piston, pot*, power plant, power train, powerhouse, putt-putt, rubber band*, tool, transformer, turbine, weapon, what's under the hood |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ready with supplies |
| Synonyms: | adorn, appoint, arm, array, attire, deck, decorate, dress, endow, fix up, furnish, gear, heel*, implement, man, outfit, prepare, provide, qualify, ready, rig, set up, stake, stock, supply, turn out, accouter, deck out, feather nest, fit out, gear up, line nest, prep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fulfill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to completion |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, answer, be just the ticket, carry out, comply with, conclude, conform, discharge, do, effect, effectuate, execute, fill, fill the bill, finish, hit the bull's-eye, implement, keep, make it, make the grade, meet, obey, observe, perfect, perform, please, realize, render, satisfy, score*, suffice, suit |
| Antonyms: | fail, miss, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | machinery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devices performing work |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, apparatus, appliance, channel, contraption, contrivance, engine, equipment, gadget, gear, implement, instrument, materiel, means, mechanism, medium, method, motor, organ, outfit, paraphernalia, structure, system, tackle, tool, utensil, vehicle, works, accouterment, habiliments, shifts |
| Main Entry: | organ |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | means, tool |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, channel, device, element, forum, implement, instrument, journal, magazine, medium, member, ministry, mouthpiece, newspaper, paper, part, periodical, process, publication, review, structure, unit, vehicle, voice, way |
| Main Entry: | utensil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tool, usually for eating |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, contrivance, convenience, device, equipment, fork, gadget, implement, instrument, knife, silverware, tableware, spoon, ware |
| Main Entry: | apparatus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equipment with a purpose |
| Synonyms: | appliance, black box*, contraption, device, doodad*, doohickey*, furnishings, gear, gimcrack*, gimmick, gizmo*, idiot box*, implement, job*, machine, machinery, means, mechanism, outfit, paraphernalia, provisions, setup, stuff, supplies, tackle, thingamajig*, widget*, accoutrement, dingbat, gaff, grabber, habiliments, jigger, tools, utensils, whatchamacallit, whatsis, whosis |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put into use |
| Synonyms: | administer, assign, bring into play, bring to bear, employ, engage, execute, exercise, exploit, handle, implement, practice, utilize |
| Main Entry: | device |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instrument, tool |
| Synonyms: | accessory, agent, apparatus, appliance, arrangement, article, construction, contraption, contrivance, creation, doohickey*, equipment, expedient, gadget, gear, gimmick, implement, invention, machine, makeshift, material, means, mechanism, medium, outfit, resort, resource, rigging, shift, tackle, utensil, Rube Goldberg invention, thingamabob, whatchamacallit, whatnot, whatsit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | machine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that performs a task |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, automobile, computer, contraption, contrivance, engine, gadget, implement, instrument, mechanism, motor, robot, tool, vehicle, widget*, automaton, thingamabob |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out, accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, act, behave, bring about, bring off, complete, comply, discharge, dispose of, do, effect, end, enforce, execute, finish, fulfill, function, implement, meet, move, observe, operate, percolate, perk, pull off*, react, realize, satisfy, take, tick, transact, wind up, work, be engaged in, carry through, carry to completion, deliver the goods, do justice to, do to a turn, go that route, put through, run with the ball, take care of business |
| Antonyms: | fail, halt, prevent, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | provide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | supply, support |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, add, administer, afford, arrange, bestow, bring, care, cater, contribute, dispense, equip, favor, feather*, feed, fit, fix up, furnish, give, grant, hand over, heel*, impart, implement, indulge, keep, lend, line, maintain, minister, outfit, prepare, present, procure, produce, proffer, provision, ration, ready, render, replenish, serve, stake, stock, store, sustain, transfer, turn out, yield, fit out, fix up with, look after, stock up, take care of |
| Antonyms: | deprive, remove, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something felt, seen, perceived |
| Synonyms: | affair, anything, apparatus, article, being, body, business, circumstance, commodity, concept, concern, configuration, contrivance, creature, device, element, entity, everything, existence, fact, figure, form, gadget, goods, implement, individual, information, instrument, item, machine, material, matter, means, mechanism, object, part, person, phenomenon, piece, point, portion, shape, situation, stuff, subject, substance, tool, word, corporeality, existent, materiality |
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