Synonyms for method
noun
Order
classification, organization, arrangement; see order 3, system 1.
A procedure
mode, style, standard procedure, fashion, way, means, program, tenor, process, proceeding, adjustment, disposition, disposal, practice, routine, technic, technique, approach, method of attack, mode of operation, manner of working, ways and means, habit, custom, modus operandi (Latin), manner, formula, process, course, rule; see also system 2.
Plan
design, outline, scheme; see opinion 1, plan 2, purpose 1.
See method in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
method system routine manner mode fashion way
These nouns refer to the plans or procedures followed to accomplish a task or attain a goal. Method implies a detailed, logically ordered plan: “I do not know of a better method for choosing a presidential nominee” (Harry S. Truman).
System suggests order, regularity, and coordination of methods: “Of generalship, of strategic system . . . there was little or none” (John Morely).
A routine is a habitual, often tiresome method: “The common business of the nation . . . is carried on in a constant routine by the clerks of the different offices” (Tobias Smollett).
Manner and fashion emphasize personal or distinctive behavior: a clearly articulated manner of speaking; issuing orders in an arbitrary and abrasive fashion.
Mode often denotes a manner influenced by or arising from tradition or custom: a nomadic mode of life.
Way is the least specific of these terms: “It is absurd to think that the only way to tell if a poem is lasting is to wait and see if it lasts” (Robert Frost).
See method in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
The approach used to do something:
fashion, manner, mode, modus operandi, style, system, way, wise2. See meansSystematic arrangement and design:
order, orderliness, organization, pattern, plan, system, systematization, systemization. See order
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