Definition for Means:

• how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; " a means of control"; " an example is the best agency of instruction"; " the true way to success"

Synonyms for Means:

• n.

  •
  • auspices,
  • power,
  • appropriation,
  • method,
  • bounty,
  • organization,
  • system,
  • bond,
  • change,
  • mechanism,
  • bailout,
  • amount,
  • bankroll.
  •
  • basis.
  •agency (noun)
  • delegation,
  • deputation,
  • lieutenancy,
  • vehicle,
  • empowerment,
  • conductor,
  • proxy,
  • medium,
  • instrument.
  •circumstances (noun)
  • dowry.
  •fuel (noun)
  • food.
  •living (noun)
  • sustentation.
  •means (noun)
  • substance.
  •modus operandi (noun)
  • mode of operation,
  • manner of working.
  •nest egg (noun)
  • life savings.
  •of course (noun)
  • certainly,
  • surely,
  • yes.
  •plan (noun)
  • game plan,
  • course of action.
  •resource (noun)
  • expedients,
  • reserve.
  •resources (noun)
  • reserves,
  • revenues,
  • stocks in trade.
  •support (noun)
  • support.
  •way, method (noun)
  • fashion,
  • ministry,
  • expedient,
  • mode,
  • path.
  •wealth, resources (noun)
  • bundle,
  • holdings,
  • assets,
  • money,
  • finances,
  • pocket,
  • possessions,
  • estate,
  • fortune,
  • kitty,
  • intangibles,
  • affluence,
  • dough.
  •wrinkle (noun)
  • kicker.

• v.

  •intends (verb)
  • schemes,
  • considers,
  • aims,
  • plans,
  • chooses,
  • endeavors,
  • wishes,
  • intends,
  • minds,
  • expects,
  • resolves,
  • proposes.
  •means (verb)
  • explains,
  • signifies,
  • connotes,
  • denotes,
  • implies,
  • indicates,
  • describes,
  • defines.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • foxiness,
  • improvisation,
  • infrastructure,
  • Interceder,
  • instrumentation,
  • edifice,
  • shenanigan,
  • organ,
  • wiliness,
  • methodology.
  •
  • knack,
  • stratagem,
  • utensil,
  • equipment,
  • outfit,
  • scheme,
  • mechanic,
  • Intercessor,
  • scheming,
  • materiel,
  • artifice,
  • technique,
  • jig,
  • wealth,
  • go-between,
  • tactic,
  • wily,
  • intermediary,
  • procedure,
  • subterfuge.
  •
  • convention,
  • policy,
  • maneuver,
  • road,
  • tack,
  • sleight,
  • material,
  • mo,
  • conduit,
  • turnout,
  • avenue,
  • artful,
  • setup,
  • outlet,
  • craft.
  •
  • dodge,
  • formula,
  • gateway.
  •
  • implement,
  • route,
  • routine.
  •
  • course,
  • operation,
  • trick.
  •
  • art.
  •
  • tackle.
  •
  • machine,
  • mean,
  • track.
  •
  • in.
  •
  • line.
  •help
  • steppingstone.

Paraphrases for Means:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, plural
    purposes, Environments, ends, Vehicles, waterways, Regulations, Canadians, Activities, Paths, appeals, LANES, uses, Motions, states, utilities, techniques, Permits, Policies, Tracks, initiatives, installations, appliances, LINEs, practices, Remedies, directions, venues.
  • Proper noun, singular
    techniques, initiatives, installations, precautions, appliances, conventions, says, Remedies, directions, venues, features, inputs, milieus, models, holds.
  • Noun, plural
    alternatives, manifestations, agreements, matters, Intermediaries, representations, messages, statements, representatives, components, indications, prerequisites, potentials, consequences, establishments, factors, considerations, Investments, Guarantees, Pleadings, examples, instances, purposes, documents, Achievements, preconditions, Efforts, aspects, restraints, challenges, Areas, Collaborations, passengers, conveyances, appropriations, issues, Recommendations, references, Necessities, objectives, benchmarks, compartments, potentialities, Constituencies, Negotiations, relationships, Difficulties, responses, answers, Households, Standards, streams, strategies, technologies, definitions, Incentives, restrictions, Governments, Environments, applications, livelihoods, Prescriptions, structures, broadcasters, Criteria, strengths, fashions, substances, commitments, aims, partners, Suggestions, constraints, results, ends, proposals, submissions, improvements, interventions, choices, notes, indicators, manoeuvres, passages, Generations, reasons, situations, equals, judgements, decisions, Abilities, sums, pretexts, positions, certificates, descriptions, Movements, causes, payments, Carriers, additives, perspectives, villagers, arguments, Styles, demands, benefits, stages, Agencies, supporters, senses, FORMATS, pressures, Vehicles, Keys, priorities, Formulas, waterways, attempts, courses, annotations, Lifestyles, platforms, sections, particles, auspices, warnings, allocations, settings, questions, Incomes, users, tenants, allegations, concepts, Regulations, canals, Indexes, Indices, crossings, sites, fonts, Families, concerns, complaints, programmes, expresses, Goals, departments, Persons, threats, producers, Habitats, Activities, contributions, networks, Artifacts, Paths, Identities, shortfalls, Freedoms, appeals, regimes, competencies, fittings, Foundations, coffers, presents, Ones, events, facts, points, items, divisions, LANES, contacts, Ideas, Economies, loans, drivers, uses, powers, skills, sectors, discussions, notices, centers, months, relays, data, haves, revenues, checks, streets, springs, screws, limits, licences, lengths, places, leads, shapes, problems, reports, incidents, trends, backgrounds, Treaties, Properties, outlets, offerings, Rights, disputes, deals, Industries, sorts, corridors, levers, Bodies, tricks, products, projects, Subsidies, shares, highways, levels, states, trains, wants, Faculties, Has, Budgets, airways, speeches, Axes, utilities, cases, actors, plans, accounts, offers, PROSPECTS, controls, circles, returns, passes, techniques, groups, shows, wishes, wheels, Permits, Lives, supplies, Drives, lets, Biases, Countries, ribs, Drugs, figures, reviews, doubts, Feet, Policies, officers, courts, views, Taxes, Children, Prices, Parties, Tracks, units, blows, teeth, initiatives, Grants, looks, awards, claims, Oils, cuts, calls, requests, lists, paras, signifies, goods, Cas, installations, precautions, appliances, Does, LINEs, practices, conventions, Remedies, directions, translates, venues, features, inputs, involves, models, implies, funds, presupposes, represents, moyens, assumes, enables, Travers, tactics, circumstances, paraphernalia, monies.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    data, resort, potential, ability, technique.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Empowering, Addressing, improving, Achieving, Delaying, using, Providing, working, seeking, Securing, Doing.
  • Verb, past participle
    Enabled, empowered, Averaged, reduced, resourced, equipped, positioned.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    matters, encompasses, entail, Entailed, demonstrates, mentions, administrative, necessary, characteristics, consequences, emphasises, suggests, incorporates, machineries, parameters, temperature, generates, encourages, implications, Guarantees, signify, correspond, purposes, symbolizes, professionals, labels, consequently, explains, equates, Affects, symbolises, illustrates, yeah, engages, questionnaire, determines, comprises, threatens, automatically, exists, contributes, excludes, confirms, professional, includes, happens, Possibilities, considers, technologies, Manifests, participation, definitions, infers, restrictions, stimulates, pertains, depends, expressions, recommends, stipulates, aims, supposes, engenders, presumes, contains, results, seems, identifies, conveys, extends, strengthens, ends, assigns, accompanies, argues, note, notes, transforms, implicates, signals, underscores, increases, reasons, materials, Addresses, equals, proclaims, Synonyms, agrees, embraces, renders, reinforces, underlies, embodies, descriptions, certificate, causes, imposes, mistakes, perspectives, opens, brother, Leaves, external, economic, demands, payment, better, begins, dictates, defining, defines, needs, senses, ensures, tends, welcomes, relates, description, maintains, waterways, belongs, declaration, attempts, intends, testifies, IMPACTS, threshold, electronic, Comes, best, PAVES, improves, sends, incurs, reveals, arises, precisely, advises, underlines, confers, concepts, Regulations, prevents, recognizes, induces, lies, promotes, Indices, tells, prohibits, believes, adds, personal, achieves, proposes, traditional, stems, highlights, introduces, concerns, appears, classifies, expects, declares, expresses, Persons, foresees, specifies, legislation, proves, actual, peace, empty, rhymes, compels, affords, depicts, obliges, regards, Identities, like, likes, singles, exposes, exchanges, regimes, competencies, covers, avoids, spends, presents, points, poses, Allowing, errors, converts, speaks, Recalls, korakas, counts, harbours, establishes, Faces, corporation, follows, physical, knows, together, uses, creates, feels, Bears, retains, certain, possible, succeeds, takes, operates, obligation, conflicts, ireland, amounts, okay, invest, investing, configures, brings, processing, legal, chooses, limits, justifies, serves, licences, provide, behaves, places, leads, shapes, problems, meets, decision, delivers, produces, rates, y., matches, reports, Treaties, symbol, outlines, receives, Carries, duty, PATHWAYS, deals, decides, deletes, continues, raises, aligns, selects, Tests, asks, shares, states, trains, thinks, day, spells, wants, sees, culture, Strikes, Has, seeks, cases, actors, plans, submits, accounts, falls, finds, offers, signs, PROSPECTS, returns, passes, techniques, basic, displays, shows, wishes, K, reads, exudes, Permits, Lives, supplies, ai, dear, lets, elects, h., touches, unity, reviews, views, With, sets, Tracks, pays, three, Focuses, puts, talks, Plays, looks, awards, C, claims, unit, runs, goes, seats, keeps, calls, Rests, requests, lists, makes, requirements, Gives, paras, entails, fits, signifies, 39, Cas, gets, 1999, Does, says, Remedies, directions, translates, Doing, features, involves, models, implies, holds, funds, presupposes, represents, moyens, possibility, assumes, enables, Travers, potential, ability.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, plural
    PATHWAYS, ways.
  • Proper noun, singular
    requirements, entails, practices, avenues, fingers, ways, mean, meaning.
  • Noun, plural
    meanings, infrastructures, Instrumentalities, machineries, Mediums, implications, Possibilities, chances, kinds, conduits, materials, agents, weapons, needs, defences, burdens, Virtues, pleas, amounts, Moneys, Forums, PATHWAYS, doors, makes, requirements, avenues, fingers, ways, manners, mean.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    wherewithal, entails, instrumentality, mean, possibility, avenue, purpose, midst, meaning, money, median, plea.

Antonyms for Means:

• n.

  • way, method
    end, paucity, shame, poorness.
  • wealth, resources
    debt, loss, poverty.
  • Other antonyms:
    chief, inventor, principal, originator.

Homophones for Means:

• mimic, messiah, magus, MKO, manioc, masses, mahuang, mayaca, mazy, manis, Minnie Mouse, masseuse, minus, maja, mc, meshugga, missy, macho, mooch, miwok, managua, meq, magh, mick, music, musci, make, musgu, mahagua, mangey, minos, man jack, misuse, meninges, mossy, myaceae, massasauga, mushy, mucosa, myg, mimus, maikoa, make hay, mosey, mashi, mask, moo-cow, means', mayonnaise, mansi, mach, max, mx, meninx, monecious, muzjik, menziesia, moke, manky, meuse, musky, mucous, muck, Meno Mosso, moss, mix, musquash, meshuga, massage, mezzo, meg, mwanza, musa, mug, mass, mensa, musgoi, mysis, missus, mnemonics, moose, munj, monaco, mosaic, muncie, monoecious, Manichee, muskogee, messuage, monomaniac, mays, mohawk, mousey, munja, meshugaas, maguey, mimosaceae, mash, Monoicous, minkowski, mickey, mcg, macaca, minge, msh, meshugge, mons, macau, meanness, much, minimise, mayeng, majagua, menage, mag, mojo, mesozoic, mingy, muggy, musca, msec, mush, manage, miss, Mauna Kea, miscue, munjuk, manse, macao, mujik, Micheas, monas, mesh, mango, maxi, mhz, mimosa, mesa, muzzy, macaque, minacious, mews, men's, missis, mm hg, moschus, mangy, messy, mongo, manus, mus, Magha, musk ox, moxie, muse, maniac, manchu, monish, maquis, mensh, meaning, moussaka, Massawa, Manes, Minimus, mensch, mange, mocha, masai, mucky, mecca, myosis, msg, magic, mace, mesua, moaning, msasa, moujik, moscow, momus, mosque, moses, munich, make way, musk, mako, moksa, minx, MEK, mayacaceae, much as, munch, mycosis, mezuzah, menace, mishegoss, masa, meiosis, mummichog, mosh, mock, mimesis, minimize, masque, manque, masse, Ms., musk hog, menses, ming, muzhik, musaceae, Micaceous, meek, mink, manna ash, mung, meniscus, misgauge, miosis, mniaceae, mashie, muggee, mica, Micah, maze, moneses, mousy, mince, mongoose, mucose, mexico, MAK, monkish, mussy, Mimamsa, mouse, mnemonic, magi, myiasis, mining, manioca, mishegaas, mawkish, mike, mg, mack, mesic, MCIA, maize, message, monk, monegasque, msc, momos, manic, monkey, mess, mucus, macaw, mezuza, muss, mousse, manx, mannish, ms, magic eye, minsk, minimum wage, mac.

Hypernym for Means:

• n.

  • act
    dint, road, tool, wings, escape, voice, tooth, instrument, stepping stone, desperate measure, open sesame, salvation, fast track, expedient.
  • possession
    wherewithal, pocketbook.

Hyponym for Means:

• n.

  • act
    implementation, effectuation.
  • artifact
    instrumentation, instrumentality.
  • possession
    capital.