Synonyms and Antonyms of pattern

synonym (synonym of pattern)

  • (noun.cognition)
    form, shape
    a perceptual structure (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.act)
    practice
    a customary way of operation or behavior (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    design, figure
    a decorative or artistic work (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    convention, formula, normal, rule
    something regarded as a normative example (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    blueprint, design
    something intended as a guide for making something else (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.location)
    approach pattern, traffic pattern
    the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    radiation diagram, radiation pattern
    graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle (noun.communication)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    model
    plan or create according to a model or models (verb.creation)
     

hypernym (pattern IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a customary way of operation or behavior (noun.act)
    activity
    any specific behavior (noun.act)
     
  • a decorative or artistic work (noun.artifact)
    decoration, ornament, ornamentation
    something used to beautify (noun.artifact)
     
  • a model considered worthy of imitation (noun.cognition)
    example, exemplar, good example, model
    something to be imitated (noun.cognition)
     
  • a perceptual structure (noun.cognition)
    structure
    the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations (noun.cognition)
     
  • form a pattern (verb.stative)
    agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally
    be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics (verb.stative)
     
  • graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle (noun.communication)
    graph, graphical record
    a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes (noun.communication)
     
  • plan or create according to a model or models (verb.creation)
    copy, imitate, simulate
    reproduce someone's behavior or looks (verb.creation)
     
  • something intended as a guide for making something else (noun.cognition)
    plan, program, programme
    a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished (noun.cognition)
     
  • something regarded as a normative example (noun.cognition)
    practice
    knowledge of how something is usually done (noun.cognition)
     
  • the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport (noun.location)
    itinerary, path, route
    an established line of travel or access (noun.location)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF pattern relation)

  • a customary way of operation or behavior (noun.act)
    biologism
    use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    cooperation
    the practice of cooperating (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    featherbedding
    the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    formalism
    the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    one-upmanship
    the practice of keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    pluralism
    the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    symbolisation, symbolism, symbolization
    the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    modernism
    practices typical of contemporary life or thought (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    occult, occult arts
    supernatural practices and techniques (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    ornamentalism
    the practice of ornamental display (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    cannibalism
    the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    careerism
    the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    custom, usage, usance
    accepted or habitual practice (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    habitude
    habitual mode of behavior (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    fashion
    characteristic or habitual practice (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    lobbyism
    the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    slaveholding, slavery
    the practice of owning slaves (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    peonage
    the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    unwritten law
    law based on customary behavior (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    lynch law
    the practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    mistreatment
    the practice of treating (someone or something) badly (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    nonconformism
    the practice of nonconformity (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    calisthenics, callisthenics
    the practice of calisthenic exercises (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    papism, popery
    offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    quotation
    the practice of quoting from books or plays etc. (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    ritual
    the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    ritualism
    exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    naturism, nudism
    going without clothes as a social practice (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    systematism
    the habitual practice of systematization and classification (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    cross dressing, transvestism, transvestitism
    the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex (noun.act)
     
  • a decorative or artistic work (noun.artifact)
    argyle, argyll
    a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan more.. (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    bear claw
    an incised design resembling the claw of a bear; used in Native American pottery (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    damascene
    a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    decal, decalcomania
    either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    device
    any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery) (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    emblem
    special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    herringbone, herringbone pattern
    a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it more.. (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    linocut
    a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    mandala
    any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    mihrab
    (Islam) a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    motif, motive
    a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    polka dot
    design consisting of a pattern of regularly spaced circular spots (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    pyrograph
    a design produced by pyrography (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    screen saver
    (computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    sunburst
    a design consisting of a central disk resembling the sun and rays emanating from it (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    tattoo
    a design on the skin made by tattooing (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    tetraskele, tetraskelion
    a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    triskele, triskelion
    a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    weave
    pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    marking
    a pattern of marks (noun.attribute)
     
  • a perceptual structure (noun.cognition)
    fractal
    (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    gestalt
    a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    grid
    a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    kaleidoscope
    a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    mosaic
    a pattern resembling a mosaic (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    strand
    a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole (noun.cognition)
     
  • plan or create according to a model or models (verb.creation)
    scale
    pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    sovietise, sovietize
    model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union (verb.creation)
     
  • something regarded as a normative example (noun.cognition)
    mores
    (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    code of behavior, code of conduct
    a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    universal
    a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings (noun.cognition)
     

part holonym (PART OF relation)

  • graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle (noun.communication)
    lobe
    the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern (noun.communication)
     
  • the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport (noun.location)
    approach, approach path, glide path, glide slope
    the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing (noun.location)
     

part meronym (HAS PART relation)

derivation (.... is derived from pattern)

  • a customary way of operation or behavior (noun.act)
    apply, practice, use
    avail oneself to (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    pattern
    form a pattern (verb.stative)
     
  • (adj.all)
    practical
    concerned with actual use or practice (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    hard-nosed, hardheaded, practical, pragmatic
    guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory (adj.all)
     
  • a decorative or artistic work (noun.artifact)
    design
    create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner (verb.creation)
     
  • a perceptual structure (noun.cognition)
    form, shape
    give shape or form to (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape
    shape or influence; give direction to (verb.cognition)
     
  • form a pattern (verb.stative)
    pattern, practice
    a customary way of operation or behavior (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    form, pattern, shape
    a perceptual structure (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.location)
    approach pattern, pattern, traffic pattern
    the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport (noun.location)
     
  • plan or create according to a model or models (verb.creation)
    model, modeling, modelling
    the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    model, simulation
    representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    framework, model, theoretical account
    a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    blueprint, design, pattern
    something intended as a guide for making something else (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    example, model
    a representative form or pattern (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.person)
    modeler, modeller
    a person who creates models (noun.person)
     
  • something intended as a guide for making something else (noun.cognition)
    blueprint, draft, draught
    make a blueprint of (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    model, pattern
    plan or create according to a model or models (verb.creation)
     
  • something regarded as a normative example (noun.cognition)
    formularise, formularize
    express as a formula (verb.communication)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym part holonym part meronym derivation form shape practice design convention formula activity decoration practice plan structure biologism cooperation featherbedding formalism one-upmanship lobe approach approach path glide path percept perception perceptual experience apply practice practical hard-nosed hardheaded design
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