Nearby Words
System [sis-tuhm]
Main Entry:
system [sis-tuhm]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: order, whole
Synonyms: arrangement, classification, combination, complex, conformity, coordination, entity, fixed order, frame of reference, ideology, integral, integrate, logical order, orderliness, organization, philosophy, red tape, regularity, rule, scheme, setup, structure, sum, theory, totality
Antonyms: cog, part
Main Entry: arrangement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something that has been ordered
Synonyms: alignment, array, classification, combination, composition, design, display, disposition, distribution, form, grouping, lineup, method, ordering, organization, pattern, pecking order, ranging, rank, sequence, setup, structure, system
Main Entry: bureaucracy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: system which controls organization
Synonyms: administration, authority, beadledom, city hall, civil service, directorate, government, management, ministry, officialdom, officials, powers that be, red tape, regulatory commission, the Establishment, the system
Main Entry: code
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: law, rule
Synonyms: canon, charter, codex, constitution, convention, custom, digest, discipline, ethics, etiquette, manners, maxim, method, regulation, system
Main Entry: complex
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: composite, aggregate
Synonyms: association, compound, conglomerate, ecosystem, entanglement, group, network, organization, scheme, structure, syndrome, synthesis, system, totality
Notes: something complex may be well-organized and logically constructed as well as subtle and intricate, while a thing that is complicated will have something irregular, perverse, asymmetrical in addition to fundamental intricacy; complex is more formal and technical (a problem in mathematics is complex) while something like personal life can be complicated
Main Entry: constituency
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: voting public
Synonyms: balloters, body of voters, body politic, citizenry, city, county, district, electorate, electors, faction, nation, people, precinct, state, system, voters, voting area, ward
Main Entry: construction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: creation, building
Synonyms: architecture, arrangement, assembly, build, cast, composition, conception, constitution, contour, cut, development, disposition, edifice, elevation, erecting, erection, fabric, fabricating, fabrication, figuration, figure, form, format, formation, foundation, improvisation, invention, makeup, making, manufacture, mold, origination, outline, plan, planning, prefab, prefabrication, putting up, raising, rearing, roadwork, shape, structure, system, systematization, turn, type
Antonyms: destruction, disfigurement, disorganization, ruin, ruins
Main Entry: course
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: progress, advance
Synonyms: advancement, chain, channels, consecution, continuity, development, flow, furtherance, line, manner, march, movement, order, plan, policy, polity, procedure, program, progression, red tape, row, scheme, sequel, sequence, series, string, succession, system, unfolding, way
Main Entry: custom
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ritual, traditional action
Synonyms: attitude, canon, ceremony, character, convention, conventionalism, customariness, design, dictates, established way, etiquette, fashion, folkways, form, formality, inheritence, manner, matter of course, method, mode, mold, mores, observance, observation, pattern, performance, policy, practice, praxis, precedent, precept, rite, routine, rule, second nature, style, system, taste, type, unwritten law, unwritten rule, usage, use, vogue, way
Antonyms: departure, deviation
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