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

Five years ago, the Chicago Cubs, an organization desperate for homegrown pitching, overhauled their player development staff and put Craig Breslow in charge of the pitching apparatus. —Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025

Keleti won a gold medal in the floor exercise at the Helsinki Games, a silver in the team competition and two bronze medals for the uneven bars and the team portable apparatus event. —Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025

Kevin Skinner, a 56-year-old fire apparatus engineer from Fallbrook, fell ill shortly before 5 a.m. —Mona Darwish, Orange County Register, 5 Jan. 2025

Alabama, which many members of the SEC media apparatus argued should have gotten in, lost this week to Michigan. —Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025