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course

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of COURSE

a way of acting or proceeding <the president's usual course has been to obtain advice from several people and then make up his own mind>

Synonyms line, methodology, policy, procedure, program

Related Words blueprint, design, plan, scheme, strategy; intent, intention, purpose; approach, direction, method, path, pathway, tack

a series of lectures on a subject <a course on American history from the colonial period to the present>

Synonyms class

Related Words elective, refresher; clinic, institute, seminar, survey course; minicourse; core, curriculum

Phrases course of study

a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result <set out on the course that would lead to a college degree>

Synonyms course, operation, procedure, proceeding

the direction along which something or someone moves <the river follows a southeasterly course to the ocean>

Synonyms course, line, pathway, route, routeway [chiefly British], steps, track, way

Related Words circle, circuit, loop, orbit; arc, flight path, trajectory; ascent, descent

an open man-made passageway for water <the Erie Canal was replaced by a much larger course, the New York State Barge Canal>

Synonyms aqueduct, canal, conduit, course, flume, racecourse, raceway, watercourse, waterway

Related Words millrace, millstream; floodway, sluice, sluiceway, spillway; swash, tideway, torrent; gutter, trough; river, rivulet, stream

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