Antonyms for method
ˈmɛθ ədmethod

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1. method

   Order in this connection denotes the fact or result of proper arrangement according to the due relation or sequence of the matters arranged; as, these papers are in order; in alphabetical order. Method denotes a process, a general or established way of doing or proceeding in anything; rule, an authoritative requirement or an established course of things; system, not merely a law of action or procedure, but a comprehensive plan in which all the parts are related to each other and to the whole; as, a system of theology; a railroad system; the digestive system; manner refers to the external qualities of actions, and to those often as settled and characteristic; we speak of a system of taxation, a method of collecting taxes, the rules by which assessments are made; or we say, as a rule the payments are heaviest at a certain time of year; a just tax may be made odious by the manner of its collection. Regularity applies to the even disposition of objects or uniform recurrence of acts in a series. There may be regularity without order, as in the recurrence of paroxysms of disease or insanity; there may be order without regularity, as in the arrangement of furniture in a room, where the objects are placed at varying distances. Order commonly implies the design of an intelligent agent or the appearance or suggestion of such design; regularity applies to an actual uniform disposition or recurrence with no suggestion of purpose, and as applied to human affairs is less intelligent and more mechanical than order. The most perfect order is often secured with least regularity, as in a fine essay or oration. The same may be said of system. There is a regularity of dividing a treatise into topics, paragraphs, and sentences, that is destructive of true rhetorical system. Compare HABIT; HYPOTHESIS.

   Antonyms:
   chaos, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disorder, irregularity

   Synonyms:
   manner, mode, order, regularity, rule, system

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. method

   Antonyms:
   disorder, conjecture, quackery, empiricism, experimentation, assumption, guess-work

   Synonyms:
   order, system, rule, way, manner, mode, course, process, regularity, arrangement

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1. • Acting
   • Know-how

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. methodnoun

   a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

   Synonyms:
   method acting

2. method acting, methodnoun

   an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed

   Synonyms:
   method acting

How to use method in a sentence?

1. Oswald Chambers:

   Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with the method and not with the Master.

2. Deval Patrick:

   He was incredibly helpful, we have traded advice, not so much on policy, because we're aligned pretty generally on policy, but on method, really, about the importance of running and connecting at the grassroots, about the importance of inviting people from the sidelines to come in and take responsibility for their own civic and political life.

3. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx:

   Driver license offices offer essential services to the American people, including providing thousands in Alabama with a method of identification. It is critical that these services be free of discrimination, and serve the people of the state fairly and equally.

4. Michael Doyle:

   It's a different animal. It requires a very different method to control.

5. Reetta Kivela:

   The oats are sheared and heated under the right conditions and combined with the beans. The amino acids that are lacking in oats are in the beans, so they are a good combination, we have patented our production method that allows us to produce the fibrous texture of oats and beans.

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