Synonyms for system
Another word for system is scheme, system of rules or organization. Below are 5 synonyms and 30 related words across 9 senses.
Also searched as: systems.
1. noun: instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
2. noun: a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
- scheme synonyms
3. noun: (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium
4. noun: a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
- system of rules
5. noun: an organized structure for arranging or classifying
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6. noun: a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
7. noun: a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
8. noun: the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
9. noun: an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
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Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- means synonyms
- information system
- control system
- data system
- security system
- network synonyms
- sound system
- computer system
- communication system
- audio system
- electronic network
- mechanical system
- guidance system
- guidance device
- automatic data processing system
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- water system
- social system
- economic system
- language system
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- structure synonyms
- social organization
- web synonyms
- social structure
- solar system
- root system
- social organisation
- matter synonyms
System in word games
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Questions people ask
What is another word for system?
You can say scheme, system of rules, organization, organisation or arrangement instead of system. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity".
What is the opposite of system?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for system; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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