simple machine

Questions about simple machine

What is another word for simple machine?

It depends which simple machine you mean. In the sense “a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point”, the synonyms are machine. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of simple machine?

WordNet records no antonym for simple machine. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for simple machine come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of simple machine

• Full entry for simple machineAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for simple machineWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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