Definition for Mechanism:

• The manner in which mechanical acts are performed, or the apparatus acting in such performance.

Synonyms for Mechanism:

• n.

  •
  • clunker,
  • black box,
  • system of parts,
  • big beast,
  • array,
  • automation,
  • Accouterments,
  • mechanical action.
  •
  • basis,
  • agent,
  • intermediary,
  • organ.
  •
  • catharsis,
  • exorcism,
  • complex,
  • damage,
  • fixated,
  • defense mechanism,
  • defense,
  • fixation,
  • delusion,
  • conditioning.
  •agency (noun)
  • influences.
  •artifact (noun)
  • mechanism.
  •chemical mechanism (noun)
  • chemical mechanism.
  •contraption (noun)
  • rube goldberg devices.
  •device (noun)
  • re source,
  • re sort,
  • re sources,
  • re-sorts,
  • whatsits,
  • re-sources,
  • re-source,
  • re sorts,
  • rube goldberg inventions,
  • re-sort.
  •engine (noun)
  • puttputts,
  • trans former,
  • putt putts,
  • puttputt,
  • putt-putts,
  • what under the hood,
  • power trains,
  • trans-formers,
  • putt putt,
  • whats under the hood,
  • trans formers,
  • trans-former,
  • whats under hood,
  • what under hood,
  • what's under hood.
  •machine (noun)
  • auto mobiles,
  • auto mobile,
  • auto-mobile,
  • auto-mobiles.
  •machine, device (noun)
  • appliance,
  • system,
  • doohickey,
  • gears,
  • components,
  • innards,
  • gimmick,
  • works,
  • structure,
  • gadget.
  •means (noun)
  • steppingstone,
  • stepping-stones,
  • stepping-stone.
  •means, method (noun)
  • technique,
  • performance,
  • procedure,
  • functioning,
  • execution,
  • operation.
  •mechanics (noun)
  • nitty gritty.
  •medium (noun)
  • inter mediate,
  • inter-mediates,
  • inter mediates.
  •method (noun)
  • approach,
  • tactic,
  • course,
  • manner,
  • way,
  • schema,
  • program,
  • trajectory,
  • scheme,
  • discipline.
  •thing (noun)
  • in-formation,
  • sub-stance,
  • in-formations,
  • sub stances,
  • in-dividual,
  • in dividual,
  • in formations,
  • sub-stances,
  • sub stance.
  •vehicle (noun)
  • taxi,
  • jeep,
  • means of expression,
  • jeeps,
  • chariots,
  • chariot,
  • taxis.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • instrumentation.
  •
  • instrument,
  • instrumentality.
  •
  • mean.
  •innards
  • workings.
  •Other relevant words:
  • moving parts,
  • fixture,
  • Dingus,
  • gismo,
  • catalyst,
  • minion,
  • facility,
  • gizmo,
  • ploy,
  • convenience,
  • weapon,
  • Technics,
  • switch,
  • stooge,
  • secularism,
  • carrier,
  • Hylozoism,
  • gear,
  • expedient,
  • mover,
  • button,
  • trick,
  • Intermedium,
  • emblem,
  • cooling,
  • insides,
  • positivism,
  • implement,
  • check valve,
  • widget,
  • design,
  • inner workings,
  • safety valve,
  • force,
  • engineering,
  • resort,
  • power,
  • midwife,
  • enginery,
  • thingumajig,
  • activity,
  • wherewithal,
  • act,
  • artifice,
  • lever,
  • monism,
  • item,
  • factor,
  • pragmaticism,
  • intermediation,
  • handle,
  • channel,
  • materialism,
  • energy,
  • physicalism,
  • organization,
  • intervention,
  • thingamajig,
  • drive,
  • parts,
  • route,
  • skill,
  • drive train,
  • hylomorphism,
  • Power Source,
  • substantialism,
  • thingumabob,
  • mediation,
  • action,
  • road,
  • behaviorism,
  • selector switch,
  • utensil,
  • strategy,
  • science,
  • safety fuse,
  • thingy,
  • service,
  • movement,
  • puppet,
  • philosophy,
  • worldliness,
  • technology,
  • stratagem,
  • utility,
  • working,
  • creature,
  • computer,
  • Hylotheism,
  • guts,
  • slave,
  • hickey,
  • temporality,
  • ruse,
  • dupe,
  • pawn,
  • voltage regulator,
  • new realism,
  • manoeuvre,
  • clockworks,
  • clockwork,
  • knob,
  • dial,
  • control,
  • work,
  • motion,
  • Interagent,
  • mechanical device,
  • ignition,
  • conduit,
  • logical positivism,
  • recourse,
  • rectifier,
  • doodad,
  • handmaiden,
  • historical materialism,
  • creation,
  • locomotive,
  • empiricism,
  • craft,
  • arrangement,
  • Movements,
  • Earthliness,
  • gambit,
  • ancilla,
  • animalism,
  • pragmatism,
  • Atomism,
  • equipment,
  • dialectical materialism,
  • technical knowledge,
  • plaything,
  • entity,
  • wheels within wheels,
  • naturalism,
  • doodah,
  • extractor,
  • gearbox,
  • power plant,
  • Technic,
  • servomechanism,
  • automatic switch,
  • Physicism,
  • gubbins,
  • toy,
  • handmaid,
  • dummy,
  • invention,
  • wheels,
  • thingummy,
  • art,
  • intercession,
  • representative realism,
  • conveyance,
  • go-between,
  • machination,
  • cog,
  • epiphenomenalism,
  • Rube Goldberg,
  • realism,
  • intermediate,
  • timer,
  • plot,
  • avenue,
  • servant,
  • aid,
  • mediator,
  • motive power.

Paraphrases for Mechanism:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    mechanisms.
  • Adverb
    mechanisms.
  • Verb, past tense
    mechanisms.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    mechanisms.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    mechanisms.
  • Verb, base form
    mechanisms.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Measures, practices, options, reasons, directions, RESS, machineries, controls, facility, Facilities, schemes.
  • Noun, plural
    Instrumentalities, PATHWAYS, insides, Incubators, regimes, machineries.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    data, facility, measure.
  • Verb, past tense
    Were, decided, Did.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    provides, regimes, machineries.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    system, systems, instrument, instruments.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    system, instrument.
  • Verb, past tense
    system.

Antonyms for Mechanism:

• n.

  • means, method
    failure.

Mechanism Sentence Examples:

• The course of the tale is one piece of stiff mechanism, in which there is no room for a doubt.

• Here, as elsewhere, we have the same identical mechanism of repetition.

Homophones for Mechanism:

• machine gun, misoneism, magnesium, maxim gun, Manichaeanism, Mise En Scene, mesenchyme, mycomycin, misogynism, making known.

Hypernym for Mechanism:

• n.

  • artifact
    ignition, gear, extractor, drive line system, hydraulic system, cooling, radiator, action mechanism, cartridge extractor, mechanical device, golem, steering system, axis, ejector, tape drive, steering linkage, carriage, axis of rotation, clockwork, automaton, controller, fail-safe, cartridge ejector, delayed action, workings, film advance, gear mechanism, drive line, works, drive, control, action, lock, rotating mechanism, robot, cartridge remover, whirler, actuator, homing device, steering mechanism, tape transport, ignition system, cooling system, transport.
  • object
    barrier, transmission mechanism, biological clock.

Hyponym for Mechanism:

• n.

  • artifact
    device.
  • cognition
    philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory.
  • object
    natural object.