Synonyms of process

process 1 of 3

noun

ˈprä-ˌses 

1

as in procedure

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

the process by which the elastic fibers spun by silkworms is turned into soft, lustrous cloth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• procedure
• method
• technique
• operation
• course
• proceeding
• manner
• way
• approach
• system
• scheme
• project
• program
• activity
• strategy
• plan
• mode
• arrangement
• routine
• formula
• design
• fashion
• drill
• style
• work
• undertaking
• functioning
• performance
• enterprise
• layout
• movement
• form
• recipe
• plot
• blueprint
• achievement
• attainment
• accomplishment
• game plan
• ground plan

2

as in progress

forward movement in time or place

in the process of doing this project we all learned a lot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• progress
• progression
• advance
• advancement
• procession
• going
• flow
• passage
• march
• headway
• furtherance
• approach
• coming
• leap
• stream
• step
• current
• way
• flux
• onrush
• arrival
• drift
• advent
• nearing
• stride
• jump
• momentum
• bound
• impetus

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regression
• retreat
• recession
• retrogression
• recess
• regress
• return
• ebb
• reflux
• reverse
• reversal
• retraction
• turnaround
• backwash
• turnabout
• about-face

3

as in summons

a written notice ordering a person to appear in court

the prosecutor arranged for a process for her appearance to be issued

Synonyms & Similar Words

• summons
• warrant
• subpoena
• writ
• ticket
• capias

process

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adjective

as in imitation

Related Words

• imitation
• manufactured
• synthetic
• simulated
• mock
• dummy
• cultured
• mimic
• sham
• artificial
• substitute
• bogus
• imitative
• faux
• designer
• fake
• pretend
• unauthentic
• factitious
• manipulated
• ersatz
• fraudulent
• engineered
• false
• misleading
• adulterated
• man-made
• deceptive
• concocted
• tampered (with)
• counterfeit
• affected
• fabricated
• pseudo
• fudged
• juggled
• phony
• forged
• doctored
• spurious
• brummagem
• feigned
• pinchbeck

Dissimilar Words

• real
• natural
• genuine
• true
• legitimate
• valuable
• bona fide
• authentic
• quality
• pure
• premium
• unadulterated

process

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verb

1

as in to refine

Related Words

• refine
• rectify
• clarify
• fine
• filter
• purge
• purify
• clean
• extract
• cleanse
• distill
• decontaminate
• wash
• clear
• leach
• garble
• sieve
• screen
• sift
• elutriate
• sanitize
• bolt
• disinfect

Dissimilar Words

• soil
• dull
• muddy
• dirty
• cloud
• contaminate
• taint
• pollute
• defile
• foul
• besmirch
• sully
• begrime

2

as in to reuse

Related Words

• reuse
• reprocess
• recycle
• reclaim
• recover

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of process

Noun

The mask-making process, however, is more complex than meets the eye as doctors, surgeons and designers explain to The Athletic. — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Plates and plumes The problem with studying the formation of continents is that the geological evidence of this process is almost gone. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026

Adjective

Regrind silicone used in the speaker is made by reclaiming and upcycling post-process and post-consumer silicone scraps that might otherwise end up in landfill. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022

This may have positioned several large cities that chose to pre-process ballots to deliver election results earlier than expected. — Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2020

Verb

As the night came to a close, Mulaney admitted the moment was almost too much to process. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 July 2026

Many men, now subjected to heterosexual contempt as a culturally significant collective force for the first time, have proved less equipped to process it within the bounds of a basic social contract. — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026