ENGINE Synonyms

• equipment designed to serve a specific function

• (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

• something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

• any clever maneuver

• any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

• an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)

• a device that requires skill for proper use

• the means whereby some act is accomplished

• a person used by another to gain an end

• (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

• the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process

• any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds

• equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling

• write an instrumental score for

• address a legal document to

• any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

• an efficient person

• an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently

• a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

• a group that controls the activities of a political party

• a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

• turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery

• make by machinery

• the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

• the technical aspects of doing something

• a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

• device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

• a highly energetic and indefatigable person

• a team considered to be the best of its class

• an electrical generating station

• a propelling force

• the act of propelling

• an implement used in the practice of a vocation

• the means whereby some act is accomplished

• a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

• obscene terms for penis

• drive

• ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it

• furnish with tools

• work with a tool

• an electrical generating station

• of or relating to locomotion

• a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

• a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

• a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks