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methods - 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
Main Entry: approach
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: plan of attack, resolution
Synonyms: attitude, concept, course, crack, fling, go*, idea, lick, manner, means, method, mode, modus operandi, offer, procedure, program, shot, stab, style, technique, way, whack*, wrinkle*, new wrinkle
Main Entry: arrangement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something that has been ordered
Synonyms: alignment, array, classification, combination, composition, design, display, disposition, distribution, form, method, organization, pattern, pecking order*, ranging, rank, sequence, setup, structure, system, grouping, lineup, ordering
Main Entry: art
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: skill, creativity
Synonyms: adroitness, aptitude, artistry, craft, dexterity, expertise, facility, imagination, ingenuity, knack, know-how, knowledge, mastery, method, profession, trade, craftsmanship, inventiveness, virtuosity
Antonyms: lack, unskill
Main Entry: code
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: law, rule
Synonyms: canon, charter, constitution, convention, custom, digest, discipline, ethics, etiquette, manners, maxim, method, regulation, system, codex
Main Entry: course
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: plan of study
Synonyms: class, conference, curriculum, interest, laboratory, lecture, matriculation, meeting, method, period, preparation, procedure, program, regimen, schedule, seminar, session, subject, discussion group, speciality
Main Entry: custom
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ritual, traditional action
Synonyms: attitude, canon, ceremony, character, convention, design, etiquette, fashion, form, formality, manner, matter of course, method, mode, mold, mores, observance, observation, pattern, performance, policy, practice, praxis, precedent, precept, rite, routine, rule, second nature*, style, system, taste, type, unwritten law, usage, use, vogue, way, conventionalism, customariness, dictates, established way, folkways, inheritence, unwritten rule
Antonyms: departure, deviation
Main Entry: design
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sketch, draft
Synonyms: architecture, arrangement, blueprint, chart, composition, conception, constitution, construction, delineation, depiction, diagram, doodle, drawing, dummy, form, formation, idea, layout, makeup, map, method, model, outline, pattern, perspective, picture, plan, scheme, study, treatment, comp, paste-up, tracery, tracing
Main Entry: device
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ploy, scheme, maneuver
Synonyms: artifice, cabal, chicanery, craft, design, dodge, evasion, expedient, fake, feint, finesse, gambit, game, gimmick, improvisation, loophole*, machination, method, pattern, plan, plot, project, proposition, purpose, racket, ruse, shift, stratagem, strategy, stunt, subterfuge, trap, trick, wile, clever move, craftiness, cunningness
Main Entry: discipline
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: regimen, training
Synonyms: conduct, control, cultivation, curb, development, drill, education, exercise, indoctrination, limitation, method, practice, preparation, regulation, restraint, self-control, self-restraint, subordination, will, willpower, domestication, drilling, inculcation, orderliness, self-command, self-government, self-mastery, strictness
Antonyms: chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, neglect, negligence, permissiveness
Main Entry: discovery
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: treasure; invention
Synonyms: bonanza*, breakthrough, conclusion, contrivance, coup, data, design, device, find, finding, formula, godsend*, innovation, law, luck, machine, method, principle, process, result, secret, theorem, way, algorithm, luck out
Antonyms: loss
Main Entry: disposition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: arrangement, management of a situation
Synonyms: adjustment, classification, control, decision, direction, disposal, distribution, method, order, organization, placement, plan, regulation, sequence, grouping, ordering
Antonyms: disarrangement, mismanagement
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: expediency/expedience
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: resource
Synonyms: contrivance, design, device, dodge, gimmick*, makeshift*, maneuver, means, measure, method, recourse, resort, scheme, shift, step, stopgap*, stratagem, strategy, substitute, surrogate, tactic, trick, band-aid, easy way out
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: form
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: accepted procedure; ceremony
Synonyms: behavior, by the numbers*, canon, ceremonial, conduct, convention, custom, decorum, etiquette, fashion, formality, habit, law, layout, manner, manners, method, mode, practice, precept, proceeding, process, propriety, protocol, regulation, rite, ritual, rule, setup, style, usage, way, by the book, channels, convenance, done thing, ropes
Main Entry: form
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: type, kind
Synonyms: arrangement, character, class, description, design, grade, guise, make, manifestation, manner, method, mode, order, practice, rank, semblance, sort, species, stamp, style, system, variety, way
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
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