methods

NOUN

means, procedure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

approach arrangement design form habit manner mechanism mode plan practice process program recipe rule scheme style system technique way

STRONG

adjustment channels course custom disposal disposition fashion formula line proceeding receipt ritual rote routine rubric rut schema shortcut tack tactics tenor usage wise wrinkle

WEAK

modus modus operandi nuts and bolts red tape technic the book ways and means

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disorganization

STRONG

break difference

NOUN

order, pattern

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrangement design form plan planning purpose structure system

STRONG

classification orderliness organization regularity

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disorganization

Example Sentences

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Methods for achieving that organization are the heart of her book.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The findings were published in the journal Nature Methods.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

Methods which McIlroy used to zone out included watching racy period drama Bridgerton - which he claimed he was talked into by wife Erica - and Disney animation Zootopia with his four-year-old daughter Poppy.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2025

Results of the study, published in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution, demonstrate how researchers can apply these techniques and measure the accuracy and precision of the methods to their study sites.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

Methods such as these, moreover, are signs of weakness in a prince.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli