Synonyms of mechanisms

mechanisms

noun

plural of mechanism

1

as in devices

a mechanical part or group of parts used to perform a specific task

The printer's paper feeding mechanism is jammed.

Related Words

• devices
• apparatuses
• machines
• tools
• implements
• utensils
• instruments
• appliances
• contraptions
• gadgets
• gizmos
• widgets
• contrivances
• accessories
• innovations
• jiggers
• gimmicks
• adjuncts
• ingenuities
• inventions
• thingamajigs
• thingummies
• doohickeys
• thingamabobs
• doodads
• dinguses
• hickeys
• hootenannies

2

as in methods

a series of actions used to achieve an end

She was stunned to learn that there was no mechanism in place to remedy the problem.

Related Words

• methods
• systems
• procedures
• processes
• operations
• techniques
• ways
• tools
• courses
• modes
• instruments
• machineries
• factors
• organs
• routines
• manners
• agencies
• determinants
• drills
• instrumentalities
• vehicles
• means
• forms
• influences
• ingredients
• agents
• ministries
• fashions
• expedients
• mediums

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mechanisms

Both come from crude oil but they're refined into different products, with different combustion mechanisms and densities. — Willa Rubin, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026

Central to that notion is the cap, and its various mechanisms, designed to keep teams from wild differentials in roster spending like there is in Major League Baseball. — David Aldridge, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

These belated acts of institutional integration are part of a necessary and long overdue revision of West German art history’s mechanisms of exclusion. — Elisa R. Linn, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

The explosion of malice effaces them in different ways, and James traces the mechanisms of their vanishing, examining how a person’s life can be compressed into smaller and smaller spaces. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

If placed on the ballot, the questions would ask Aurora voters if the city should adopt mechanisms that would allow a sitting mayor or an alderman at-large to be recalled. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

On an average day, our bodies have mechanisms to cool us down and avoid overheating. — Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 29 Aug. 2026

Analysts note that as capital expenditure for AI and cloud infrastructure expands, corporate funding mechanisms are shifting. — CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

There are mechanisms that make the engine run, brakes work, turn signals indicate when they’re triggered, radios play, headlights go on and off. — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026