Antonyms for procedure
prəˈsi dʒərpro·ce·dure

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1. procedurenoun

   A particular method for performing a task.

   Synonyms:
   routine, process, algorithm, method, protocol

2. procedurenoun

   Synonyms:
   function, sub, method, routine, subroutine

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1. procedure

   Operation is action considered with reference to the thing acted upon, and may apply to the action of an intelligent agent or of a material substance or force; as, the operation of a medicine. Performance and execution denote intelligent action, considered with reference to the actor or to that which he accomplishes; performance accomplishing the will of the actor, execution often the will of another; we speak of the performance of a duty, the execution of a sentence. Compare ACT.

   Antonyms:
   failure, inaction, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, inutility, powerlessness, uselessness

   Synonyms:
   action, agency, effect, execution, force, influence, operation, performance, result

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1. procedure

   Synonyms:
   proceeding, act, progress, course of conduct, process

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Proceeding
   • Work

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 9 votes

1. procedure, processnoun

   a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

   "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"

   Synonyms:
   process, unconscious process, cognitive operation, cognitive process, operation, function, subprogram, mental process, physical process, subroutine, outgrowth, appendage, summons, routine

2. operation, procedurenoun

   a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work

   "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations"

   Synonyms:
   routine, surgery, mathematical operation, process, subroutine, surgical operation, function, cognitive operation, performance, subprogram, functioning, operation, military operation, cognitive process, surgical procedure, mental process, mathematical process, surgical process

3. routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, functionnoun

   a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

   Synonyms:
   turn, modus operandi, subprogram, social function, process, mathematical function, routine, subroutine, role, occasion, act, number, purpose, affair, part, map, office, operation, use, single-valued function, function, bit, social occasion, mapping

4. procedurenoun

   a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

   Synonyms:
   routine, subroutine, operation, process, function, subprogram

How to use procedure in a sentence?

1. Xiao Jie:

   We will develop some islands and reefs to accommodate a select number of tourists, it will be an orderly and gradual procedure.

2. Patrick Leahy:

   I can't tell you how many hundreds of hours my staff and I have gone over the Constitution procedure, because it appears I may well be the one presiding over the trial.

3. Harris Schultz:

   As a judge, I follow the code of criminal procedure, in every case, and in determining the amount and the conditions of bail, [I] consider the financial resources and their ability to make bail, and the safety of the community and the alleged victim as well.

4. White House:

   As is standard operating procedure for a new president, the White House Medical Unit took possession of the president's medical records.

5. Amy Elba:

   She had gone out to the hospital for a procedure and when she returned she had tested positive.

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