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 of apparatus in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ali Al-Ahmed, a dissident Saudi scholar who kept in touch with Sahar, sent me a photograph of an apparatus that the sisters had jerry-rigged to distill fresh water from the sea, and one of a copper hook for catching fish and crabs. —Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024

After three years of planning, his team developed an apparatus to test this question in the lab. —Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2024

Started by Russia, the false and incendiary claim was vigorously amplified by China’s vast overseas propaganda apparatus. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2024

The laser blasts the water into tiny droplets and propels them into an apparatus that simulates the bucket-detector process of SUDA to generate spectra. —science.org, 19 Sep. 2024