operation

The word “operation” has 4 syllables: op-er-a-tion

It's pronounced as /ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/

What is synonym and antonym for operation?

In the thesaurus, “operation” has 117 synonyms and 2 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for operation along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for operation

accomplishment
achievement
activity
administration
aegis
agency
application
appointment
approach
arrangement
assignment
attainment
blueprint
brief
burden
business
care
charge
chore
coadministration
codirection
comanagement
commission
commitment
compulsion
conduct
constraint
control
course
custody
design
designation
detail
direction
drill
duty
egis
employment
engineering
enterprise
errand
exercise
exertion
fashion
form
formula
functioning
game plan
generalship
governance
government
ground plan
guardianship
guidance
handling
intendance
job
keeping
labor
lap
layout
leadership
logistics
machination
management
manipulation
manner
method
mission
mode
movement
need
nomination
obligation
office
oversight
performance
plan
play
pledge
plot
post
presidency
procedure
proceeding
process
program
project
promise
protection
recipe
regulation
requirement
responsibility
restraint
reuse
routine
rulership
running
safekeeping
scheme
stewardship
strategy
style
superintendence
superintendency
supervision
system
technique
trust
tutelage
undertaking
usage
use
ward
way
work

Antonyms for operation

disuse
nonuse

Meanings of operation

noun
1. The method by which a device performs its function.
2. The method or practice by which actions are done.
3. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
4. A planned undertaking.
5. A business or organization.
6. A surgical procedure.
7. A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
8. A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
9. Effect produced; influence.

Example Sentences

The doctor explained the details of the operation before starting.
The rescue operation took several hours to complete.
They launched a new business operation in the city last month.
The entire operation depends on flawless communication.
After the operation, the patient needed several weeks to recover.

On this page you'll find 119 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to operation, such as: accomplishment, achievement, activity, administration, aegis, agency, application.

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