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

Matched Categories

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. Andre Wagner:

   Our method for fighting slavery is good, but we have very few inspectors, when the complaints are received at our headquarters in Brasilia, we can't go immediately. The delays mean the conditions might have changed.

2. Founder Rafael Shin:

   My hope is that Agua Mágica helps more people enjoy mezcal as native Mexicans do, gaining an appreciation for the nuances of how it’s crafted and the terroir of where the agave is grown, it’s something that is so common in the world of wine — enthusiasts are well-versed in the differences in flavor and production method from one region to another. My goal is that people will approach mezcal with just as much appreciation for the particular people and place that made it.

3. Callum Gale:

   I've heard of drones being used before, but not a lot. To be honest the most common method I've heard of smuggling drugs into prisons is by stuffing them into tennis balls and hitting them over.

4. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne:

   There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.

5. Kevin McConway:

   This research provides some potentially very useful information relating to FASD, but I really don't think it tells us anything very helpful about how common these conditions are in the UK, the researchers used a screening tool that they had developed, which classified between 6 % and 17 % of the 13,500 children in their study as having symptoms of FASD, depending on which exact method they used.

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