Synonyms for tool

Grammar : Noun

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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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