SOFTWARE Synonyms: 7 Similar and Opposite Words

software

noun

Definition of software

as in program

as in application The new software was designed to make the process of data entry more efficient.

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Dissimilar Words

hardware

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Recent Examples of software Adobe — The software company announced Anil Chakravarthy would be its next CEO . — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026 Strong antivirus software can help warn you about malicious downloads or suspicious websites. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 The project gave a restricted frontier model to defenders specifically because Anthropic had observed that the same coding capability that finds software vulnerabilities for patching could, in the wrong hands, find them for exploitation. — Michael Flannery, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Pointing to a photograph of Dennis Hopper using then-new Photoshop software at the Ranch in 1995, Waanders said part of that includes investing in technology. — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for software

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Noun

Shares added 5% after the supplier of aircraft engines announced that its board approved a $500 million share buyback program .

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
The program formalized the process for incentivizing individual excellence rather than making management the only path to career advancement.

— Steve Pemberton, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of program

Noun

The suit, brought by 13 named and four anonymous researchers, is seeking to halt the process of searching applications and current grants for specific terms to determine if they should be rejected.

— Anil Oza, STAT, 17 Sep. 2026
The concept is relatively straightforward, but its potential application is broad.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of application

Noun

Van Ertvelde said most of the field this weekend is running the full cooling package — ducts, fans, chiller and driver cooling shirt.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Those states invested heavily in soundstages, developed skilled local crews, and created competitive incentive packages (up to 30 percent in Georgia and 40 percent in Louisiana).

— Sam Roseme, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of package

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