Synonyms of apparatus

apparatus

noun

ˌa-pə-ˈra-təs 

as in equipment

items needed for the performance of a task or activity

the hospital's operating rooms boast the very latest medical apparatus

Synonyms & Similar Words

• equipment
• gear
• material(s)
• kit
• facilities
• hardware
• stuff
• machinery
• matériel
• accouterments
• materiel
• paraphernalia
• accoutrements
• instruments
• tackle
• tools
• resources
• fittings
• baggage
• appurtenances
• accessories
• outfit
• battery
• impedimenta
• attachments
• appliances
• apparel
• belongings
• assets
• attire
• arsenal
• trappings
• armory
• habiliments
• armamentarium
• raiment

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of apparatus

Since 2020, the nation’s electoral apparatus has upgraded its equipment, tightened its procedures, improved its audits, and hardened its defenses against subversion by bad actors, foreign or domestic. —Barton Gellman, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024

Washington’s foreign policy apparatus would resist such moves strenuously, given the enduring support for Israel in both parties, reinforced by pro-Israel groups on Capitol Hill. —Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024

Polls are classified as internal if they were conducted on behalf of a candidate, party, campaign committee or other official party apparatus. —Mary Radcliffe, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2024

The Election Integrity Network is run by Cleta Mitchell, a once-liberal Democratic Oklahoma legislator who has constructed a vast conservative apparatus promoting falsehoods about noncitizen voting. —Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024