Process definition

Process as a verb

1. subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

   "process cheese"

   Same sense: treat

2. deal with in a routine way

   "process a loan"

3. perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information

   "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech"

4. institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

   "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"

   Same sense: action, sue, litigate

5. shape, form, or improve a material

   "process iron"

   Same sense: work, work on

6. deliver a warrant or summons to someone

   "He was processed by the sheriff"

   Same sense: serve, swear out

7. march in a procession

   "They processed into the dining room"

   Same sense: march

Process as a noun

8. a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

   "it was a process of trial and error"

   Same sense: procedure

9. (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

   "the process of thinking"

   Same sense: operation, mental process, cognitive process, cognitive operation

10. a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

    Same sense: summons

11. a mental process that you are not directly aware of

    "the process of denial"

    Same sense: unconscious process

12. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

    "a bony process"

    Same sense: appendage, outgrowth

13. a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

    "events now in process"

    Same sense: physical process

Synonyms and antonyms

• treat
• action definition
• sue
• litigate
• work definition
• work on
• serve
• swear out
• march definition
• procedure
• operation
• mental process
• cognitive process
• cognitive operation
• summons
• unconscious process
• appendage
• outgrowth
• physical process

All synonyms of process, sense by sense

How to say process

Process has 2 syllables and rhymes with yes. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with process

• yes
• less
• guess
• press
• success
• access
• unless
• address
• progress
• dress
• stress
• express

All 71 words that rhyme with process

PROCESS in word games

Scrabble

11

Words With Friends

13

Anagrams

1

Is PROCESS a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PROCESS in the word checker, or unscramble PROCESS to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.