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

The new station will accommodate more volunteers, larger events and allow for easier apparatus access. —Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024

Since the launch of their life-altering apparatus in 1903, airplanes have come a long way. —Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024

Longer term, the law aims to undo a U.N. apparatus that Israel has regarded as problematic ever since it was established to provide for the needs of the 700,000 Palestinian refugees who were pushed off the land that became Israel. —Karl Vick, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024

And whether its embedding bone-chilling, teeth-baring looks or not into its spooky sequences, Smile 2 spends a lot of time mining horror out of the old-fashioned music-industry apparatus. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024