organ

organ

noun

Definition of ORGAN

1

a publication that appears at regular intervals <that newspaper is intended as an organ for the whole university community>

Synonyms book, bulletin, diurnal, gazette, mag, magazine, newspaper, organ, paper, periodical, rag, review, serial, zine

Related Words annual, bimonthly, biweekly, daily, monthly, quarterly, semimonthly, semiweekly, triweekly, weekly, yearbook; digest, little magazine; fanzine; pictorial, slick; broadside, edition, extra, sheet, supplement, tab, tabloid; newsletter, newsmagazine, newsweekly

2

something used to achieve an end <uses the business as an organ to fund a variety of political and social causes>

Synonyms agency, instrument, instrumentality, machinery, means, medium, ministry, organ, vehicle

Related Words determinant, expedient, factor, influence, ingredient, mechanism, tool; weapon; activator, animator, catalyst, driver, energizer, executor, generator, impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, instigator, launcher, mover, power, stimulus, trigger; antecedent, cause, occasion, reason; subagency, subagent