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Synonyms for tool

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tool
Phonetic Transcription : tul

Top 10 synonyms for tool
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Définition of tool

Origin :
  • Old English tol "instrument, implement," from Proto-Germanic *tolan (cf. Old Norse tol), from a verb stem represented by Old English tawian "prepare." The ending is the instrumental suffix -l (e.g. shovel). Figurative sense of "person used by another for his own ends" is recorded from 1660s. Slang meaning "penis" first recorded 1550s.
  • noun instrument used to shape, form, finish
  • noun person who allows himself to be used
Example sentences :
  • God can use us as tools, but to be a tool of, is not to be a fellow-worker with.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Perhaps you will not be as ready to admit that a tool is a book.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
  • I have suffered him to treat me like his tool and instrument.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • At this point of his reverie Pierre was roused by Thomas, who asked him to fetch a tool.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • The man who does not care about his rights, depend upon it, will be made a tool of by those that do.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • It was thought that Tecumseh mistook this tool for a gun, and was nervous.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • Martine went down into her kitchen and brought back the tool that had been asked.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • The tech was finished, he snapped his tool box shut and left.
  • Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Harry Harrison
  • On the tool chest sat Gubblum Oglethorpe, leisurely smoking.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • We shall have him a tool of the Huguenot party before all is done.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
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