Synonyms of process

process 1 of 3

noun

ˈprä-ˌses 

1

as in procedure

a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result

the process by which the elastic fibers spun by silkworms is turned into soft, lustrous cloth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• procedure
• method
• technique
• operation
• course
• proceeding
• manner
• way
• approach
• system
• scheme
• project
• program
• activity
• strategy
• plan
• mode
• arrangement
• routine
• formula
• design
• fashion
• drill
• style
• work
• undertaking
• functioning
• performance
• enterprise
• layout
• movement
• form
• recipe
• plot
• blueprint
• achievement
• attainment
• accomplishment
• game plan
• ground plan

2

as in progress

forward movement in time or place

in the process of doing this project we all learned a lot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• progress
• progression
• advance
• advancement
• procession
• going
• flow
• passage
• march
• headway
• furtherance
• approach
• coming
• leap
• stream
• step
• current
• way
• flux
• onrush
• arrival
• drift
• advent
• nearing
• stride
• jump
• momentum
• bound
• impetus

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regression
• retreat
• recession
• retrogression
• recess
• regress
• return
• ebb
• reflux
• reverse
• reversal
• retraction
• turnaround
• backwash
• turnabout
• about-face

3

as in summons

a written notice ordering a person to appear in court

the prosecutor arranged for a process for her appearance to be issued

Synonyms & Similar Words

• summons
• warrant
• subpoena
• writ
• ticket
• capias

process

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adjective

as in imitation

Related Words

• imitation
• manufactured
• synthetic
• simulated
• mock
• dummy
• cultured
• mimic
• sham
• artificial
• substitute
• bogus
• imitative
• faux
• designer
• fake
• pretend
• unauthentic
• factitious
• manipulated
• ersatz
• fraudulent
• engineered
• false
• misleading
• adulterated
• man-made
• deceptive
• concocted
• tampered (with)
• counterfeit
• affected
• fabricated
• pseudo
• fudged
• juggled
• phony
• forged
• doctored
• spurious
• brummagem
• feigned
• pinchbeck

Dissimilar Words

• real
• natural
• genuine
• true
• legitimate
• valuable
• bona fide
• authentic
• quality
• pure
• premium
• unadulterated

process

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verb

1

as in to refine

Related Words

• refine
• rectify
• clarify
• fine
• filter
• purge
• purify
• clean
• extract
• cleanse
• distill
• decontaminate
• wash
• clear
• leach
• garble
• sieve
• screen
• sift
• elutriate
• sanitize
• bolt
• disinfect

Dissimilar Words

• soil
• dull
• muddy
• dirty
• cloud
• contaminate
• taint
• pollute
• defile
• foul
• besmirch
• sully
• begrime

2

as in to reuse

Related Words

• reuse
• reprocess
• recycle
• reclaim
• recover

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of process

Noun

Lead times for additive manufacturing parts are days rather than months, and capacity scaling is only restricted by investment not process timelines. —CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026

Reichardt loves to show process and gives us a gripping minute of Larry the driver hot-wiring a car, his hands invisible below the dashboard. —Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026

Adjective

This may have positioned several large cities that chose to pre-process ballots to deliver election results earlier than expected. —Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2020

State Democrats and Republicans both agree that local election workers should be allowed to pre-process ballots early. —Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2020

Verb

The doll also was given articulated elbows and wrists to acknowledge stimming, hand flapping and other gestures that some people with autism use to process sensory information or to express excitement, according to Mattel. —CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026

Both Comite and Gandhi suggest taking your last sip by around noon to give your body plenty of time to process it before bed. —Emma Loewe, Outside, 12 Jan. 2026