Synonyms of processes

processes 1 of 2

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

Basically, the fact that zinc did not always agree with carbon and nitrogen suggests that δ66Zn may be sensitive to ecological processes that are invisible to traditional tracers (offering a complementary lens rather than a replacement). — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

To learn more information on our reporting and testing processes, read our complete reviews process and methodology page. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 11 July 2026

Some restaurants are making changes amid outbreak As officials try to trace the source of the outbreaks, some restaurants are already describing their processes to customers to prevent spread of the parasite. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 11 July 2026

The lawyer warns that even in an emergency, these processes cannot skip steps. — Osmary Hernández, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

This could include, but is not limited to, factories, processes, and supplier issues. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026

Apple alleged that OpenAI coached departing Apple employees in how to evade security processes when leaving the iPhone maker, and that Chang Liu, a former employee who joined OpenAI, stole an Apple laptop. — Kif Leswing,mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 10 July 2026

Recruitment processes are described as clearer and more aligned following the departures of Daniel Levy, the former executive chairman who was deposed in September last year, and ex-managing director of football Fabio Paratici. — Mark Critchley, New York Times, 4 July 2026

The material found on Martian rocks, Murphy’s team warns, might have originated from non-biological processes as well. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 4 July 2026

Verb

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