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

And the government reshuffles in Kyiv, as well as major anti-government protests, show that civil society and democratic processes are still alive and well in Ukraine. — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

Sleep is when the brain consolidates memory, recalibrates stress and immune signaling and supports other restorative processes. — Renée Onque, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

Because it is intended to work with existing production processes, the technology could potentially be adopted without requiring an entirely new battery manufacturing ecosystem. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

Organizations are trying to drive change through systems and processes that weren’t built to work together. — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Local governments sign up to participate and submit their tonnage needs to CMS rather than running their own separate bidding processes. — Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026

Brugg, who spent 22 years at Spencer Stuart before his fellow partners elected him to lead the firm in 2024, has worked on more than 300 CEO succession processes. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026

The people who lose relevance will be those whose role depends on preserving friction, controlling access to information, or managing processes no one would design from scratch today. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026

LeBlanc, the company’s CEO, wrote that PadSplit was not involved in the purchases, selection, development or permitting processes of the properties. — Diamy Wang august 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2026

Verb

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