TOOLS Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

tools 1 of 2

noun

plural of tool

as in devices

an article intended for use in work needed a special tool to open the case of the appliance

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as in pawns

one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another a ruthless leader using his trusting followers as tools in his quest for power

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as in suckers

one who is easily deceived or cheated you're just a pathetic tool of the advertising industry if you believe everything you see in TV commercials

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tools

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tool

as in drives

to travel by a motorized vehicle I spent some time tooling around town today

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Recent Examples of tools

Noun

In 2005, Chris and Robin Sorensen created the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, with a mission of providing first-responders with life-saving equipment, tools and education. — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Mia Lerner, a 17-year-old high school senior in California and a youth body image activist, knows the toll these digital tools can take. — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026 For Indonesian creators, the partnership is a chance to match stories led by local talent, and their own original IP, with tools meant to scale up production. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026 Creators of these partisan sites further stand to benefit from the fact that artificial intelligence tools are constantly scraping content from news websites without paywalls. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 Fortune has reported on scammers using voice-cloning tools to impersonate relatives since 2023. — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 Available for Windows and Mac, AcePDF combines document conversion, editing, and organization tools into a single application. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026 These tools can support both dynamic and personalized pricing. — Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 The governor has declared that she is committed to using all the tools available to confront the energy affordability crisis. — Liz Krueger, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

Verb

Even most CEOs don’t have a full picture of which AI tools their teams are using. — Phil Portman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Liccardo asked Atkins whether the SEC has opened an investigation into the trades, and what tools the SEC has to investigate them. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026 There is also the chance that the AI tools misunderstood meanings or context, the researchers noted. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026 Building on the buzz surrounding Ouai, Atkin founded Mane, a hair tools brand this time, in 2023. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Feb. 2026 Guests staying at the Beach Club have indulgent perks like a complimentary 15-minute ride on the adorable Sorbetto Fiat boat that tools around Lake Boca. — Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025 Other introspective angles are explored during Mariano’s audiences with his friend the Pope (Rufin Doh Zeyenouin), a serene Black man with a head crowned by a bundle of silver dreads, who tools around the Vatican on a motorbike. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tools

Noun

Every transformer on the grid—from the cylinders perched on utility lines to the big spiky devices at substations—trades voltage for current at a fixed ratio.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Within a day, the researcher began seeing active scanning of the simulated Plex server and eventually successful attempts to infect devices.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Youth used as pawns, BJP says The cockroach movement has emerged as one of the biggest political challenges faced by Modi and his BJP in his 12 years in power.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Career public servants are people, not pawns, and no one who has devoted their life to serving the American public should have their good name destroyed for partisan, political gain.

— Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of pawns

Noun

The theory seems to be that there will always be another crop of suckers willing to pump money into the ecosystem, so the market will provide.

— Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
More suckers may continue to appear for several years unless the stump is ground up or treated with tree stump killer.

— Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of suckers

Verb

This approach also drives innovation by ensuring new technologies address real challenges cotton growers are facing.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
And more importantly, what is this anxiety so many men feel about their emotions that drives them to torturously invent bodies that bear little resemblance to the human form?

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of drives

Noun

The synth melody is poignant through the buds, but the upper vocal harmony and some of the upper-register atmospheric instruments are slightly buried.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
The biotech firm offers its lab instruments to help scientists research cancer, immunology and neuroscience.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

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The Baton Rouge Police Department identified the victims as 21-year-old Leah Fonte and 21-year-old Shane Hirstius, who were engaged.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has begun notifying victims impacted by a recent data breach of driver’s license and motor vehicle data, but not everyone whose information was stolen will receive an alert.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

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