Synonyms for gear

Noun

1. gear, gear wheel, cogwheel, wheel

usage: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

2. gear, gear mechanism, mechanism

usage: a mechanism for transmitting motion by gears for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

3. gear, paraphernalia, appurtenances, equipment

usage: equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

Verb

1. gear, pitch, adapt, accommodate

usage: set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"