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system - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | system |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | order, whole |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, classification, combination, complex, conformity, entity, frame of reference, ideology, integral, integrate, organization, philosophy, red tape*, regularity, rule, scheme, setup, structure, sum, theory, totality, coordination, fixed order, logical order, orderliness |
| Antonyms: | cog, part |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | system |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | method, plan |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, artifice, custom, fashion, manner, methodology, mode, modus operandi, operation, pattern, policy, practice, procedure, proceeding, process, regularity, routine, scheme, strategy, structure, tactics, technique, theory, usage, way, wise, course of action, definite plan, logical process, methodicalness, modus, orderliness, orderly process, systematic process, systematization |
| Antonyms: | disorder, disorganization |
| Main Entry: | bureaucracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system which controls organization |
| Synonyms: | administration, authority, city hall*, government, management, ministry, red tape*, beadledom, civil service, directorate, officialdom, officials, powers that be, regulatory commission, the Establishment, the system |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | constituency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voting public |
| Synonyms: | body politic, city, county, district, electorate, faction, nation, people, precinct, state, system, ward, balloters, body of voters, citizenry, electors, voters, voting area |
| Main Entry: | family |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kin, offspring; classification |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, birth, blood, brood, clan, class, descent, dynasty, extraction, folk, genealogy, genre, group, house, household, inheritance, issue, kind, kindred, kith and kin, line, lineage, network, pedigree, people, progeny, race, relationship, strain, subdivision, system, tribe, ancestors, children, descendants, forebears, generations, heirs and assigns, in-laws, ménage, parentage, progenitors, relations, relatives, siblings |
| Main Entry: | frame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skeleton, casing |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, architecture, body, build, cage, carcass, construction, enclosure, fabric, flounce, form, framework, fringe, groundwork, hem, mount, outline, physique, scheme, setting, shell, stage, structure, support, system, trim, trimming, truss, mounting, scaffold, scaffolding, valance |
| Main Entry: | hypothesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theory |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, assignment, assumption, axiom, basis, belief, conclusion, condition, conjecture, data, deduction, demonstration, derivation, explanation, foundation, ground, guess, inference, interpretation, layout, philosophy, plan, position, postulate, premise, principle, proposal, proposition, rationale, reason, scheme, shot in the dark*, speculation, suggestion, supposition, surmise, system, term, theorem, thesis, apriority, attribution, lemma, presupposition, starting point, tentative law |
| Antonyms: | measurement, proof, reality, truth, calcualtion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ideology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beliefs |
| Synonyms: | articles of faith, credo, creed, culture, dogma, outlook, philosophy, system, theory, view, Weltanschauung, ideas, principles, tenets |
| 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: | network |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system of connections |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, artery, chain, circuitry, complex, convolution, crisscross*, fabric, fiber, grid, grill*, jungle, labyrinth, maze, mesh, net, netting, nexus, organization, patchwork*, plexus, structure, system, wattle, weave, web, wiring, checkerboard, grillwork, hookup, interconnections, reticulation, reticule, screening, tessellation, tracks |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | notation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written remarks |
| Synonyms: | chit, code, memorandum, note, noting, record, representation, script, system, characters, documentation, figures, jotting, memo, signs, symbols |
| Main Entry: | philosophy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principles, knowledge |
| Synonyms: | aesthetics, attitude, axiom, conception, doctrine, idea, ideology, logic, outlook, reason, reasoning, system, tenet, theory, thinking, thought, truth, values, view, viewpoint, wisdom, beliefs, convictions, metaphysics, ontology, rationalism |
| Main Entry: | process |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | method; series of actions to achieve result |
| Synonyms: | action, advance, case, course, development, evolution, fashion, formation, growth, manner, means, measure, mechanism, mode, modus operandi, movement, operation, outgrowth, performance, practice, procedure, proceeding, progress, progression, red tape*, routine, rule, stage, step, suit, system, technique, transaction, trial, way, wise, working, channels, course of action, unfolding |
| Notes: | a process is a set or series of actions directed to some end or a natural series of changes; a procedure is a series of actions conducted in a certain manner, an established way of doing something |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | red tape |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bureaucratic rules |
| Synonyms: | City Hall, authority, bureaucracy, city hall*, government, management, bureaucratic paperwork, official forms, official procedures, officialdom, officialism, paper shuffling, powers that be, proper channels, regulatory commission, the Establishment, the system |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | regime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leadership of organization |
| Synonyms: | administration, dynasty, establishment, government, management, pecking order*, reign, rule, system, tenure, incumbency |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | science |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | methodical study of part of material world |
| Synonyms: | art, branch, discipline, education, erudition, information, learning, lore, scholarship, skill, system, technique, wisdom, body of knowledge |
| Antonyms: | art |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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