FORMS Synonyms: 293 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of form

as in shapes

the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance the wood-carver carved the block of wood into the form of a duck

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as in documents

a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it I filled out all the forms for applying to the school

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as in figures

a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes put the dress on the form to finish pinning it together

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as in rituals

an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules we'll use the second form in our church missals for today's Lenten service

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as in methods

the means or procedure for doing something there are established forms for voting on motions and amendments at meetings

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as in physiques

the type of body that a person has he has the big-boned form of a linebacker

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as in formats

the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged museumgoers liked the asymmetrical form of the mobile

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verb

present tense third-person singular of form

as in crystallizes

to take on a definite form my ideas on the subject are just starting to form

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as in comprises

to be all the substance of this one sentence really forms the basis of your argument

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as in produces

to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials formed the pot out of the clay

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as in originates

to come into existence the new company formed from two smaller ones

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as in develops

to come to have gradually I don't want you beginning skiers to form any bad habits

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Recent Examples of forms

Noun

Both photographers transform trees into arboreal personae through intent perusal and framing, deploy cars less as signifiers than as compositional forms, and relish discovering architectural oddities. —

James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026 Carney said his government has introduced legislation over the last year to combat antisemitism and other forms of hatred. —

CNN Money, 2 June 2026 An experimental drug for metastatic pancreatic cancer nearly doubled overall survival in a Phase 3 clinical trial, offering new hope for patients with one of the deadliest forms of cancer. —

ABC News, 1 June 2026 This cloud of gas forms when a star sheds its outer layers near the end of its life. —

Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 The music is about grief in many forms, including the loss of her half sister Emily, who passed in June 2023. —

Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 1 June 2026 Metals such as iron and zinc sit at the core of many of the most ancient enzymes found across life forms. —

Siddhant Pusdekar, Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2026 Meta’s telemetry extends to the structural layout of checkout forms and buttons, revealing not just what consumers buy, but how organizations design their path to purchase. —

Rui Ribeiro, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 These include encryption software and various forms of authentication or enforcement software that limit which types of digital activities users can perform. —

Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, Fortune, 25 May 2026

Verb

Reputation, not additional charges, forms the basis of their business. —

Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 2 June 2026 This binary system forms the foundation of modern technologies, including smartphones, supercomputers, data centers, AI, and virtually every digital device in use today. —

Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026 The friend group quickly forms a complex web of crushes that expand the love triangle to new frontiers of geometry. —

Alison Herman, Variety, 2 June 2026 The site forms part of the sprawling necropolis of Heliopolis, the city that served as the center of the cult of the sun god Ra for centuries. —

Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 1 June 2026 The researchers say this behavior may help explain why only a small fraction of gas in molecular clouds ultimately forms stars, according to the statement. —

Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 1 June 2026 Brown said the core of the organization is also part of the LGBTQ+ community, but the purpose of the parade and festival is to showcase how everyone in Waukegan forms a welcoming community for all of its residents. —

Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026 Launching on June 12, one day after the FIFA World Cup starts, the collection folds soccer culture, national myth-making and social impact into one drop, and forms parts of Nike’s forthcoming Nike x2 series, a program of capsules uniting federations, creative collaborators and community partners. —

Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 30 May 2026 At the front, the hood dives down below a wing, funneling airflow up and over the roof to another wing that forms the rear deck. —

Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026

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Noun

Perry loves short, tubular shapes for catching all those flavorful bread crumbs and cheese.

— Deputy Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
Today’s new wave of halter tops feels grown-up and refined, reimagined in sleek, streamlined shapes that have become fixtures everywhere from the runway to the red carpet — and across the vacation wardrobes defining Euro-summer style.

— Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 30 May 2026