Synonyms of organ

organ

noun

ˈȯr-gən 

1

as in newspaper

a publication that appears at regular intervals

that newspaper is intended as an organ for the whole university community

Synonyms & Similar Words

• newspaper
• periodical
• journal
• magazine
• book
• bulletin
• gazette
• paper
• serial
• rag
• mag
• zine
• yearbook
• newsletter
• review
• diurnal
• daily
• edition
• weekly
• annual
• quarterly
• sheet
• monthly
• little magazine
• tabloid
• digest
• bimonthly
• pictorial
• fanzine
• semiweekly
• supplement
• biweekly
• semimonthly
• tab
• extra
• triweekly
• broadside
• newsmagazine
• newsweekly
• slick

2

as in instrument

something used to achieve an end

uses the business as an organ to fund a variety of political and social causes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• instrument
• instrumentality
• means
• agent
• vehicle
• machinery
• mechanism
• factor
• power
• ministry
• agency
• tool
• incentive
• ingredient
• influence
• medium
• weapon
• determinant
• impetus
• cause
• reason
• catalyst
• driver
• stimulus
• generator
• executor
• trigger
• activator
• antecedent
• inspiration
• mover
• occasion
• animator
• expedient
• energizer
• launcher
• instigation
• instigator
• subagency
• subagent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of organ

Those suffering from a heat stroke who are not cooled down in time face the risk of organ failure and death. — Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2026

Full-body MRIs promise to scan every organ in a single session. — Felicity Yost, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Exertional heat stroke can strike young, fit athletes when exercise pushes internal temperatures to 100 to 104 degrees, and further increases can trigger cascading organ failure, brain damage and death. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

The program, called THRIVE, will back seven different teams pursuing various groups of conditions affecting different organ systems. — Jason Mast, STAT, 9 July 2026