Definitions:

1. a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right noun
   • The lawyer was known for writing crafty instruments.
2. the means whereby some act is accomplished noun
   • my greed was the instrument of my destruction

Synonyms:

• cat's-paw
• instrumental role
• instrumentate
• legal document
• legal instrument
• musical instrument
• official document
• pawn
• tool

NearBy Words:

• instrumental
• instrumentalism
• instrumentalist
• instrumentality
• instrumentate
• instrumentation