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method - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: method
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: means, procedure
Synonyms: adjustment, approach, arrangement, course, custom, design, disposal, disposition, fashion, form, formula, habit, line, manner, mechanism, method, mode, modus operandi, nuts and bolts*, plan, practice, proceeding, process, program, receipt, recipe, red tape*, ritual, rote, routine, rule, rut, scheme, shortcut, style, system, tack, tactics, technique, tenor, usage, way, ways and means*, wise, wrinkle*, channels, modus, rubric, schema, technic, the book
Notes: a method is a way of doing things; a methodology is a set or system of methods
Main Entry: method
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: order, pattern
Synonyms: arrangement, classification, design, form, organization, plan, planning, purpose, regularity, structure, system, orderliness
Concept Thesaurus
Synonyms:
-nouns
method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise; modus operandi, MO; procedure (line of conduct) [more]., path, road, route, course; line of way, line of road; trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack., steps; stair, staircase; flight of stairs, ladder, stile; perron., bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway; drawbridge; pass, ford, ferry, tunnel; pipe [more]., door; gateway (opening) [more]; channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit; artery, lane, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor; back door, back stairs; secret passage; covert way; vennel., roadway, pathway, stairway; express; thoroughfare; highway; turnpike , freeway, royal road, coach road; broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway; beaten track, beaten path; horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path; walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk; crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway; cut; short cut (mid-course) [more]; carrefour; private road, occupation road; highways and byways; railroad, railway, tram road, tramway; towpath; causeway; canal (conduit) [more]; street (abode) [more]; speedway.
-adverbs
how; in what way, in what manner; by what mode; so, in this way, after this fashion., one way or another, anyhow; somehow or other (instrumentality) [more]; by way of; via; in transitu [more]; on the high road to.
-phrases
hae tibi erunt artes [more]
Main Entry: dodge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trick, feint
Synonyms: contrivance, device, machination, method, plan, plot, ploy, ruse, scheme, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, wile
Main Entry: expedient
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: resource
Synonyms: contrivance, device, instrument, instrumentality, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, medium, method, recourse, refuge, resort, scheme, shift, stopgap, stratagem, substitute, gency
Main Entry: formula
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: set preparation; rule, recipe
Synonyms: blueprint, canon, code, credo, creed, custom, description, direction, equation, form, maxim, method, modus operandi, precept, prescription, principle, procedure, rite, ritual, rote, theorem, way, formulary, rubric, specifications
Main Entry: gimmick
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: contrived object; scheme
Synonyms: aid, apparatus, artifice, catch, concern, counterfeit, deceit, device, dodge*, fake, feint, fixture, fun, gadget, gambit, game, gizmo*, imposture, instrument, jest, maneuver, means, method, ploy, ruse, secret, shift, sport, stratagem, stunt, trick, widget*, wile
Main Entry: machinery
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: devices performing work
Synonyms: agency, agent, apparatus, appliance, channel, contraption, contrivance, engine, equipment, gadget, gear, implement, instrument, materiel, means, mechanism, medium, method, motor, organ, outfit, paraphernalia, structure, system, tackle, tool, utensil, vehicle, works, accouterment, habiliments, shifts
Main Entry: modus operandi
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: manner of operating
Synonyms: approach, manner, means, method, modus vivendi, procedure, process, rule of thumb, system, technique, way, M.O., MO, manner of working, method of functioning, method of operating, method of operation, mode of operation, way of doing things, workings
Main Entry: policy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: procedure, tactics
Synonyms: action, administration, approach, arrangement, behavior, code, course, custom, design, guideline, line, management, method, order, organization, plan, practice, program, protocol, red tape*, rule, scheme, stratagem, strategy, tenet, theory, channels, polity, the book, the numbers
Main Entry: procedure
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: process, system for accomplishing something
Synonyms: action, agenda, conduct, course, custom, daily grind, fashion, form, formula, game plan*, gimmick, grind, idea, layout, line, maneuver, measure, method, mode, modus operandi, move, nuts and bolts*, operation, performance, plan, policy, practice, proceeding, program, red tape*, routine, scheme, setup, step, strategy, style, transaction, agendum, channels, polity, the book, the numbers
Main Entry: recipe
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: directions, formula
Synonyms: compound, method, modus operandi, prescription, procedure, process, program, receipt, technique, ingredients, instructions
Antonyms: ingredient
Main Entry: resource
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: supply drawn upon, either material or nonmaterial
Synonyms: ability, appliance, artifice, assets, capability, capital, cleverness, contraption, contrivance, course, creation, device, expedient, fortune, hoard, ingenuity, initiative, makeshift, means, measure, method, mode, nest egg*, property, recourse, refuge, relief, reserve, riches, shift, source, step, stock, stockpile, store, stratagem, substance, substitute, support, surrogate, system, talent, way, wealth, worth, inventiveness, quick-wittedness, resourcefulness
Antonyms: product
Main Entry: routine
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: habitual activity
Synonyms: act, bit, custom, cycle, daily grind, drill, formula, grind*, groove*, habit, line, method, order, pace, pattern, piece, practice, procedure, program, rat race*, rote, round, rut, spiel*, system, tack, technique, usage, way, wont, beaten path, channels, schtick, treadmill
Antonyms: break, excitement, unusual
Main Entry: strategem
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trick
Synonyms: action, angle, artifice, bit*, booby trap*, con, deception, device, dodge, feint, gambit, game, game plan*, gimmick, grift, intrigue, layout, maneuver, method, pitch, plan, play, plot, ploy, pretext, proposition, racket, ruse, scenario, scene, scheme, setup, shift, slant, stall, story, subterfuge, switch, twist, wile, brainchild
Main Entry: strategy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: plan of action
Synonyms: action, angle, approach, artifice, blueprint*, craft, cunning, design, game, game plan*, gimmick, layout, method, plan, planning, policy, procedure, program, project, proposition, racket*, scenario, scene, scheme, setup, slant, story, subtlety, system, tactics, brainchild, grand design, maneuvering
Main Entry: tactics
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: strategy
Synonyms: approach, campaign, course, defense, device, disposition, line, maneuver, means, method, move, plan, ploy, policy, procedure, red tape*, scheme, stratagem, system, tack, technique, trick, way, channels, generalship, maneuvering, plan of attack
Main Entry: theory
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hypothesis, belief
Synonyms: approach, argument, assumption, base, basis, code, concept, conditions, conjecture, doctrine, dogma, feeling, foundation, grounds, guess, hunch, idea, ideology, impression, method, outlook, philosophy, plan, position, postulate, premise, presentiment, presumption, proposal, provision, rationale, scheme, shot*, speculation, stab*, suppose, supposition, surmise, suspicion, system, theorem, thesis, understanding, codification, formularization, guesswork, supposal, systemization
Antonyms: certainty, fact, proof, reality
Main Entry: stratagem
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trick
Synonyms: action, angle, artifice, bit, booby trap, child, con, deception, device, dodge, feint, gambit, game, game plan, gimmick, grift, intrigue, layout, maneuver, method, one-upmanship, pitch, plan, play, plot, ploy, pretext, proposition, racket, ruse, scenario, scene, scheme, setup, shift, slant, stall, story, subterfuge, switch, twist, wile, brainchild, gamesmanship, little game
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