ways and means

Questions about ways and means

What is the opposite of ways and means?

WordNet records no antonym for ways and means. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for ways and means come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for ways and meansAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for ways and meansWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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