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means has 3 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
“a means of control”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for means come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
an instrumentality for accomplishing some end
considerable capital (wealth or income)
“he is a man of means”