Synonyms for course
Definitions
- n. 1
A sequence of events.
The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.
- n. 2
A sequence of events. A normal or customary sequence.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- courses → classes, races, aims, plans…
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Course is the direction of a moving object; inclination, that toward which a stationary object leans; tendency, the direction toward which anything stretches or reaches out; tendency is stronger and more active than inclination.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- class More than one student studies French in our class.
- way You look the way your father did thirty years ago.
- route Taking a round-trip is longer than a direct route.
- medicine The new medicine demonstrated an immediate effect.
By length
- 3 letters
- way1, row1, aim1
- 4 letters
- line1, plan1, turn1, form1, road1, race1, walk1, tour1, beat1, path1, mode1, tide1
- 5 letters
- order2, class1, major2, field1, round1, range1, style1, track1, route1, trend1, chase1, forme
- 6 letters
- system2, series2, career2, method2, manner2, thread1
- 7 letters
- process2, current2, conduct2, circuit2, routine2, passage2
- 8 letters
- progress2, medicine3, sequence2
- 9 letters
- treatment2, direction3, procedure3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order2 = 2 syllables).