Synonyms for system
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Arrangement — A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole
arrangement, method, mode, order, plan, economy, form, forme US, practice US, practise UK, course, routine, composition, manner, regularity, habit
2. Organization — A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole. A set of alters of a person, or…
organization US, organisation UK, structure, machine US, complex, multiple, frame, plural, plural system
Other
scheme, apparatus, tract, two-fingered typing, policy dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
- n. 2
A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole. A set of alters of a person, or the multiple (“an individual with multiple personalities”) who contains them.
Forms
- Plural
- systems → arrangements, methods, modes, orders…
Choose the right word
Body, form, frame, and system may be either dead or living; clay and dust are sometimes so used in religious or poetic style, tho ordinarily these words are used only of the dead.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- method There must be a defect in the experimental method.
- mode Put your phone on airplane mode during the flight.
- arrangement Flower arrangement is a traditional art in Japan.
- organization The organization furnished the refugees with food.
- structure The new concert hall is a tall, modern, structure.
- scheme The main feature of this scheme is still ambiguous.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| system | steady | |
| method | falling | |
| mode | steady | |
| arrangement | falling | |
| organization | steady | |
| structure | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- plan1, form1, mode1
- 5 letters
- order2, frame1, habit2, tract1, forme
- 6 letters
- course1, policy3, method2, scheme1, manner2, plural2
- 7 letters
- economy4, machine2, complex2, routine2
- 8 letters
- practice2, multiple3, practise2
- 9 letters
- structure2, apparatus4
- 10 letters
- regularity5
- 11 letters
- composition4, arrangement3
- 12 letters
- organization5, organisation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order2 = 2 syllables).