noun
1.
the means or procedures used in attaining an end
he claimed that his ends justified his methods
Synonyms: fashion, manner, mode, modus, system, technique, way, wise
Related Word: design, plan, schema, scheme; form, style; course, line; modus operandi, practice, procedure, process, routine; wrinkle
2.
Synonyms: order 8, orderliness, pattern, plan, system