Tool meaning

What does “tool” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“tool” is a noun and verb with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: an implement used in the practice of a vocation.

tool

noun

  1. an implement used in the practice of a vocation

  2. the means whereby some act is accomplished

    “my greed was the instrument of my destruction”

    “science has given us new tools to fight disease”

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

  4. obscene terms for penis

verb

  1. drive

    “The convertible tooled down the street”

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

    “We tooled down the street”

  3. furnish with tools

  4. work with a tool

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University