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noun

Synonym Chooser

How is the word implement different from other nouns like it?

Some common synonyms of implement are appliance, instrument, tool, and utensil. While all these words mean "a relatively simple device for performing work," implement may apply to anything necessary to perform a task.

crude stone implements
farm implements

When can appliance be used instead of implement?

The meanings of appliance and implement largely overlap; however, appliance refers to a tool or instrument utilizing a power source and suggests portability or temporary attachment.

household appliances

When is it sensible to use instrument instead of implement?

The words instrument and implement can be used in similar contexts, but instrument suggests a device capable of delicate or precise work.

the dentist's instruments

How are the words tool and implement related?

Tool suggests an implement adapted to facilitate a definite kind or stage of work and suggests the need of skill more strongly than implement.

a carpenter's tools

When could utensil be used to replace implement?

Although the words utensil and implement have much in common, utensil applies to a device used in domestic work or some routine unskilled activity.

kitchen utensils

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of implement
Verb
The mayoral front-runner has proposed increasing taxes on residents earning more than $1 million annually, raising corporate tax rates and implementing a citywide rent freeze. Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 Since the fraud occurred, the office has implemented stronger measures to prevent it in the future. David Clarey, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
All of these implements would have been strikingly familiar to hunter-gatherers of the modern Australian Bindibu, Tanzanian Hadza, or South African San people. ArsTechnica, 7 July 2025 Some of the implements offer more than one function of their own, expanding multifunctional utility even more. New Atlas, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for implement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implement
Verb
  • Fox doesn’t believe in formal, rudimentary emails and phone calls, and instead enforces an in-person approach.
    William Jones, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The Federal Trade Commission will continue to be prohibited from enforcing a civil investigative demand on the progressive watchdog group Media Matters for America, after a federal judge rejected the government’s effort to put her prior ruling on hold.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Figma added four new AI-native tools to its platform this quarter and told investors on the call to expect significant investments in AI going forward.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Traders currently place the odds of a 25 basis-point cut at 98 percent, according to the CME FedWatch tool.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some analysts are forecasting the company to raise prices on its devices even after all Cook has done to avoid the worst of the tariffs.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In my limited time with the device, the screen was easy to see indoors, but it got washed out in direct sunlight.
    Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Implement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implement. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.

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