Synonyms of proceedings

proceedings

noun

plural of proceeding

1

as in lawsuits

a court case for enforcing a right or claim

a divorce proceeding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lawsuits
• actions
• suits
• complaints
• litigations
• causes
• cases
• counterclaims
• cross-claims
• cross actions
• countersuits

2

as in processes

a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result

this is not the haphazard proceeding that it may seem to the casual observer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• processes
• procedures
• methods
• operations
• techniques
• courses
• activities
• manners
• systems
• projects
• approaches
• schemes
• ways
• programs
• arrangements
• plans
• strategies
• modes
• undertakings
• performances
• routines
• drills
• works
• recipes
• formulas
• forms
• enterprises
• movements
• styles
• designs
• plots
• fashions
• achievements
• accomplishments
• game plans
• ground plans
• layouts
• blueprints
• attainments

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of proceedings

The court proceedings lasted nearly a year, from November 1945 to October 1946, in Nuremberg, the city where the race laws of 1935 were established, which led to the Holocaust. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

In Ukraine, the prosecutor general's office told NPR that national police are still conducting a pretrial investigation into the deaths of Kuvshynova and Zakrzewski in advance of possible criminal proceedings against Russian forces. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

If access to divorce has removed the net from our tennis game, for the one percent, the proceedings have turned into Sincaraz-level volleys. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

In the current case, Cornell conducted Title IX proceedings that resulted in expulsions and suspensions, and the Chi Phi chapter was closed. — Jennifer Obel, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

Pre-trial proceedings have been initiated, and police are examining the crime scene. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Their divorce proceedings, which began last December, had been tied up with clashes over finances and custody of their 7- and 3-year-old sons and their 5-year-old daughter. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Sam Levy’s editing likewise darts associatively between these moods, seemingly letting sense memory shape the chronology of proceedings. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

The bankruptcy proceedings will affect Brightline’s parent company and not the operating company of the Miami-to-Orlando high-speed rail operations. — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026