Synonyms for function
- noun
- verb
Most common
role operation capacity task mathematical function mapping subroutine purpose
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Office — A professional or official position
part, operation, role, service, capacity, power, task, exercise, occupation, character, business, sphere, place, duty, department, agency, employment, province, office dated
2. Mathematical function — A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain
mathematical function, mapping, operator, transformation, map, single-valued function
3. Subroutine — A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result
Other
affair, performance, occasion, social occasion, dynamic, social function, reception, party, celebration, solemnity
Verb
Other
functionate dated
Definitions
- n. 1
What something does or is used for.
- n. 2
A professional or official position.
- v. 1
To have a function.
- v. 2
To carry out a function; to be in action.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- functions → parts, operations, roles, services…
- Past participle
- functioned
e.g. functioned → worked, operated, served, officiated…
Example sentences
- role He had the role of narrating the television drama.
- operation The system will go into operation in a short time.
- capacity Mr Brown was acting in the capacity of ambassador.
- task The accomplishment of the task took several years.
- mapping Does bump mapping generate more graphics load than parallax?
By length
- 2 letters
- go1
- 3 letters
- use1, run1, map1, aim1
- 4 letters
- work1, part1, role1, task1, duty2, func
- 5 letters
- place1, power2, party2, serve1, funct
- 6 letters
- office2, agency3, affair2, sphere1
- 7 letters
- service2, purpose2, operate3, routine2, dynamic3, mapping2
- 8 letters
- business2, capacity4, exercise3, province2, occasion3, operator4
- 9 letters
- character3, operation4, procedure3, intention3, reception3, officiate4, solemnity4
- 10 letters
- department3, employment3, occupation4, subroutine3, subprogram
- 11 letters
- performance3, celebration4, functionate
- 14 letters
- transformation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (duty2 = 2 syllables).