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

Regardless of whether one studies cosmology, particle physics, medicine or chemical processes, one is always dealing with variable systems and thus with differential equations. —Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 May 2026

These additions build on the company’s earlier efforts to simplify processes, extending that philosophy into software. —Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 12 May 2026

Automation and product infrastructure scale processes across the organization. —Shivaas Gulati, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026

During the year, the brand reintroduced the spring 2025 Diesel Rehab Denim collection, in partnership with supplier Tejidos Royo, made entirely from recycled cotton and elastane and produced using processes that significantly reduce water, chemical and energy consumption. —Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 12 May 2026

Deadline has launched its From Local to Global series in Dublin, Ireland, which kicked off with a host of top Irish screenwriters who discussed their work, their processes and the shape of the current film and TV landscape on the Emerald Isle. —Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 11 May 2026

Where the Music Had to Go traces the processes that made such a declaration possible. —David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026

Still, the Purdue example makes clear that many vulnerabilities exist at the state level — in universities, procurement systems, land markets and even political processes. —Joe Gebbia Sr, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026

To learn more information on our reporting and testing processes, read our complete reviews process and methodology page. —Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Apr. 2026

Verb

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