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organs

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plural of organ

Synonyms of organs

1 a publication that appears at regular intervals

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

Synonyms for organs

books,
bulletins,
diurnals,
gazettes,
journals,
magazines,
mags,
newspapers,
papers,
periodicals,
rags,
reviews,
serials,
zines

Words Related to organs

annuals,
bimonthlies,
biweeklies,
dailies,
monthlies,
quarterlies,
semimonthlies,
semiweeklies,
triweeklies,
weeklies,
yearbooks

digests,
little magazines

fanzines

pictorials,
slicks

broadsides,
editions,
extras,
sheets,
supplements,
tabloids,
tabs

newsletters,
newsmagazines,
newsweeklies

2 something used to achieve an end

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

Synonyms for organs

agencies,
agents,
instrumentalities,
instruments,
machineries,
means,
mediums
(or media),
ministries,
vehicles

Words Related to organs

determinants,
expedients,
factors,
influences,
ingredients,
mechanisms,
tools

weapons

activators,
animators,
catalysts,
drivers,
energizers,
executors,
generators,
impetuses,
incentives,
inspirations,
instigations,
instigators,
launchers,
movers,
powers,
stimuli,
triggers

antecedents,
causes,
occasions,
reasons

subagencies
(or sub-agencies),
subagents
(or sub-agents)

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“Organs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organs. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.

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