COURSES Synonyms: 243 Similar and Opposite Words

courses 1 of 2

noun

plural of course

as in procedures

a way of acting or proceeding the president's usual course has been to obtain advice from several people and then make up his own mind

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as in classes

a series of lectures on a subject a course on American history from the colonial period to the present

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as in processes

a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result set out on the course that would lead to a college degree

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as in routes

the direction along which something or someone moves the river follows a southeasterly course to the ocean

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as in canals

an open man-made passageway for water the Erie Canal was replaced by a much larger course, the New York State Barge Canal

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courses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of course

as in tracks

to go after or on the track of after coursing the conspirators for months, the federal agents closed in and made the arrests

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as in traverses

to make one's way through, across, or over once the threat of terrorism became apparent, fighter jets began coursing that corridor on a daily basis

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as in races

to proceed or move quickly racehorses coursing down the track

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Recent Examples of courses

Noun

Some jails have staff members or volunteers teach courses, as well, Beal said. — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 22 Sep. 2026 For pizza fiends who want the full experience, Seu offers three different tasting menus that range from five to eight courses and feature his greatest hits. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026 To enforce the new rules, Creighton launched a comprehensive review of Texas Tech’s fourteen thousand courses. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Since his sentencing, Taylor has received his GED and taken courses on personal finance, public speaking, world religions and drawing. — Aki Nace, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 Though initially a proponent of AI data centers, Abbott has switched courses as November has drawn nearer. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026 More than 2,700 adjunct teachers are covering public school courses without a related certification, state data shows. — Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 21 Sep. 2026 Beaches, a trail system that loops around much of the island, and Jekyll Island Golf Club’s public courses make this a great place for a golfer to live. — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2026 In the 1950s, Longwood started hosting evening lectures and short courses that thousands of amateur and professional horticulturists have attended over the past several decades. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 19 Sep. 2026

Verb

What could be a stock campus ice-queen role is subverted throughout the season, through the empathy for the character that courses through her performance. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 July 2026 The same love of equality and freedom that courses through the Declaration motivated her white great-grandmother to campaign for suffrage and her African American grandfather to found a chapter of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South. — Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 And about the obsession that courses through dozens of countries on the continent. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 June 2026 But Open, Heaven also courses with youth’s great agony, the cruelty that learning to love should be inexorably followed by learning to grieve its undoing. — Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026 Such is the power of cachaça, the essential and irresistible Brazilian sugar cane spirit that courses through each round of tropical cocktails passed across the bar. — Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for courses

Noun

Big-box retailers run their fall reporting through corporate procedures and can be strict about timing.

— Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Many of these procedures are referred to as vaginal rejuvenation or vaginal restoration.

— Valerie Monroe, Allure, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of procedures

Noun

Beaches emptied out and dark clouds swirled above choppy seas, while Mexican authorities temporarily suspended classes in a number of areas on Tuesday.

— DESIREE BROOKS, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
These made up the backbone of most peoples’ days, though tea time, dance classes, screenings of documentaries, a chess tournament, trivia, and performances and formal nights in the evening kept everyone plenty busy.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of classes

Noun

People need to be trained, processes and policies rewritten, organizations reordered, protocols invented, budgets approved, data collected and cleaned.

— Chang Che, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
Lyntris subsequently developed processes to manufacture and test the assemblies.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of processes

Noun

However, their effectiveness can be limited against drones navigating along preprogrammed routes or communicating through fiber-optic cables.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
While Levine Cava’s reductions on late-night routes survived intact in the budget, commissioners agreed to take up the issue again this fall before the cuts took effect this spring.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of routes

Noun

Yet Chinatown, the oldest canals and quieter walks towards the eastern harbor district all begin just behind the hotel.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
As the deep snow melted, runoff flowed into reservoirs and canals, even inundating roads and fields.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of canals

Verb

For now, the vision involves replacing the aging Indian Creek bridge, rebuilding intersections on either end, and constructing an overpass to carry cars over the Union Pacific tracks on the south bank of the stream.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Sep. 2026
Ciana noted investors can hedge by scooping up put options on the SPY ETF , which tracks the S & P 500.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of tracks

Verb

This fourth full-length from the London jazz quintet traverses Black diasporic sound traditions — grime, reggae, Afrobeat — mulling over the question of how music so joyous can be rooted in histories of pain.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
Reliever optimizes availability After taking his head out of the cold tub, Blubaugh traverses the bowels of Daikin Park.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of traverses

Verb

The Supra is one of the vehicles most closely associated with Walker’s Fast & Furious character, Brian O’Conner, who builds and races a bright orange version of the A80 in the first installment of the popular movie franchise.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2026
Europe races to scale The political tensions come as Europe’s commercial space industry is gathering momentum.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026