Synonyms of processes

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noun

plural of process

1

as in procedures

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

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

2

as in advances

forward movement in time or place

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• advances
• progressions
• advancements
• progresses
• processions
• goings
• flows
• marches
• passages
• steps
• headways
• streams
• approaches
• furtherances
• leaps
• fluxes
• onrushes
• currents
• ways
• comings
• arrivals
• drifts
• strides
• bounds
• jumps
• advents
• momenta
• impetuses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regressions
• recessions
• retreats
• recesses
• retrogressions
• returns
• ebbs
• reversals
• regresses
• retractions
• reverses
• backwashes
• turnarounds
• refluxes
• turnabouts
• about-faces

3

as in summonses

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

• summonses
• warrants
• subpoenas
• writs
• tickets
• capiases

processes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of process

1

as in refines

Related Words

• refines
• filters
• fines
• extracts
• purges
• rectifies
• purifies
• clarifies
• cleanses
• distills
• cleans
• washes
• decontaminates
• garbles
• leaches
• screens
• elutriates
• sifts
• clears
• bolts
• disinfects
• sieves
• sanitizes

Dissimilar Words

• clouds
• contaminates
• soils
• dulls
• muddies
• pollutes
• dirties
• taints
• defiles
• fouls
• sullies
• besmirches
• begrimes

2

as in reprocesses

Related Words

• reprocesses
• reuses
• recycles
• recovers
• reclaims

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of processes

Noun

People need to be trained, processes and policies rewritten, organizations reordered, protocols invented, budgets approved, data collected and cleaned. — Chang Che, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026

Lyntris subsequently developed processes to manufacture and test the assemblies. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

Writing that Season 7 premiere script was truly one of the, honestly, toughest processes for me personally as a writer. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Founded by two British academics almost two decades ago, Effective Altruism is a philosophical movement whose core idea is that people should try to use rational processes to do the most good for the most people in the world. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

Blockchain offers another type of infrastructure that can be incorporated into some of those processes. — Karen Koehler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Sep. 2026

Some drones go through several processes to re-establish a connection by themselves, like retracing their steps. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Where Execution Failures Show Up Most Visibly The Yooz 2026 AI in Finance Report found that only 10% of finance teams say AI is embedded in their core processes. — John Gronen, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

An interim government overhaul of long-standing vaccine procurement processes may have limited stockpiles, Faizullah says. — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026

Verb

Why does the same part of your brain that processes mortal danger also process musical beauty? — Big Think, 1 May 2026