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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of apparatus

Facebook has faced criticism for its willingness to accommodate authoritarian regimes, including developing tools designed for China's censorship apparatus, though the software has apparently not entered use given the company's failure to secure a deal. —Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025

The federal government's education research apparatus has been gutted by Elon Musk's efficiency team. —Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025

About two hundred day-care facilities have been turned into nursing homes; a rural school has been repurposed as a cat sanctuary; on offer at an after-school program is an apparatus for playing Ping-Pong alone. —Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025

The new order sets up the regulatory streamlining apparatus and agenda at federal agencies. —Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025