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Synonyms for means

28 synonyms
3 meanings

noun

Most common

way method expedient re-sort stepping-stone

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Way

way, agency, method, step, device, expedient, mode, shift, resource, contrivance, artifice

2. Instrumentality

instrumentality, instrumentation

3. Substance

substance, money, wealth, fund, property, wherewithal, riches

Other

re-sort, measure, apparatus, instrument, agent, medium, stepping-stone, methodology

Definitions

n. 1
An instrument or condition to achieve a result.
A car is a means of transport.
n. 2
Financial resources; wealth.
He was living beyond his means.
n. 3
Financial resources; wealth. Substantial wealth.
Hotels that are so priced that only people of means can stay.

Related words

Phrases: by means of by no means means of exchange by any means means of production production means

Example sentences

way You look the way your father did thirty years ago.
method There must be a defect in the experimental method.
expedient Never lie if the truth is more expedient.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
means		steady
way		rising
method		falling
expedient		falling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: way¹
4 letters: step¹, fund¹, mode¹
5 letters: money², agent², shift¹
6 letters: agency³, method², device², medium³, wealth¹, riches²
7 letters: measure²
8 letters: property³, resource², artifice³
9 letters: substance², apparatus⁴, expedient⁴
10 letters: instrument³
11 letters: methodology⁵, wherewithal³, contrivance³
15 letters: instrumentation⁵, instrumentality⁶

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (money² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: moyen
Español: medio
Deutsch: Mittel
Català: mitjà