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plural of mechanism
Synonyms of mechanisms
1
a mechanical part or group of parts used to perform a specific task
- The printer's paper feeding mechanism is jammed.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for mechanisms
- apparatuses
- (or apparatus),
- appliances,
- machines
- contraptions,
- contrivances,
- gadgets,
- gimmicks,
- gizmos
- (also gismos),
- jiggers,
- widgets
- accessories
- (also accessaries),
- adjuncts
- dinguses,
- doodads,
- doohickeys
- (also doohickies),
- hickeys,
- hootenannies
- [chiefly dialect],
- thingamabobs,
- thingamajigs
- (or thingumajigs),
- thingummies
2
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.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for mechanisms
- agencies,
- agents,
- instrumentalities,
- instruments,
- machineries,
- means,
- mediums
- (or media),
- ministries,
- organs,
- vehicles
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