Synonyms of methodology

methodology

noun

ˌme-thə-ˈdä-lə-jē 

1

as in procedure

a way of acting or proceeding

for solving crossword puzzles my usual methodology is to begin by filling in all of the answers I'm reasonably sure of

Synonyms & Similar Words

• procedure
• policy
• method
• strategy
• program
• approach
• course
• plan
• scheme
• line
• intention
• design
• intent
• purpose
• blueprint
• direction
• path
• pathway
• tack

2

as in method

the means or procedure for doing something

other cardiologists have questioned the methodology that was used to conduct the study

Synonyms & Similar Words

• method
• approach
• strategy
• technique
• way
• manner
• system
• tactics
• how
• style
• recipe
• plan
• process
• form
• fashion
• program
• model
• mode
• tack
• policy
• scheme
• design
• route
• practice
• layout
• blueprint
• game
• plot
• routine
• step
• modus operandi
• shift
• game plan
• move
• ground plan
• line
• expedient
• intrigue

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of methodology

California officials dispute the federal approach, saying the government did not provide the evidence or methodology needed to assess the list and gave the state an inadequate deadline. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

But Bexar County has no such methodology, or at least not one that's public, Vale said. — Katie Bartlett, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Oct. 2026

The company hired Charles River Associates, an accounting firm, to examine its methodology for any hint of impropriety. — Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Companies that wanted to cut costs in the 1990s and 2000s by outsourcing to China are now being replaced in one of the world's largest markets by businesses that copied their designs and methodologies. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026