Synonyms for MACHINERY
məˈʃi nə rima·chin·e·ry

Princeton's WordNet

1. machinerynoun

   machines or machine systems collectively

2. machinerynoun

   a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions

   "the complex machinery of negotiation"; "the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order"

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1. machinerynoun

   Synonyms:
   enginery, mechanism

2. machinerynoun

   Synonyms:
   supernatural agency (in poems)

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1. List of paraphrases for "machinery":

   machines, mechanism, machine, mechanisms, mechanical, machine-building, equipment, apparatus, device, mechanically, engine

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1. Benjamin Disraeli:

   Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

2. Mark Wills:

   When the [ tin ] price dropped in the late 1980s, there was no longer a profit in selling it wholesale. So we gradually renovated some old machinery on-site and began selling it ourselves.

3. Ryan Seidemann:

   When I was out in this community cemetery, I was up to my knees in muck, so finding the purchase for a crane or some other kind of [ machinery ] to get a hold and be able to lift these these heavy weights is going to be a challenge.

4. Julia Goh:

   What we are seeing is a weak ringgit inflating the export growth figures, we see continued support in exports of the electrical and electronic sector, chemicals, machinery appliances, optical equipment and manufactures of metal. This has more than offset the declines in commodity exports.

5. Simon Newcomb (declared in 1901):

   The demonstration that no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery and known forms of force, can be united in a practical machine by which man shall fly long distances through the air, seems to the writer as complete as it is possible for the demonstration of any physical fact to be.