Synonyms 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.

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

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

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1. method

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

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

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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

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1. • Acting
   • Know-how

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1. methodnoun

   Synonyms:
   arrangement, system, classification, orderly disposition

2. methodnoun

   Synonyms:
   way (viewed theoretically), MODE, manner, process, course, means, MODUS OPERANDI

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1. List of paraphrases for "method":

   methodology, approach, methods, way, mode, procedure, technique, manner, means, methodologies, ways, modality, modalities, fashion

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1. Kostas Bourtzis:

   It's a birth control method, the equivalent of family planning for humans.

2. John Ramsay:

   The whole point of having a last price consolidated data stream is a single way of understanding last sale and best bid that everybody can rely on, people can't just pick whatever method they think benefits them and call that reliable.

3. Police Christopher Botsch on Saturday:

   The empty corner tear did NOT contain any illegal substance; however, this type of packaging is a common method for holding illegal drugs.

4. Melanie Bailey:

   We would like to get funding to make this technology more portable using miniature mass spectrometers. We are also working on a quantitative method.

5. Maria Corina Machado:

   Let's see if he gets it when I use the same method: #Resign.