Antonyms for means

Grammar : Noun

Spell : meen

Phonetic Transcription : min

Definition of means

Origin : "course of action," late 14c., from mean (n.); sense of "wealth" is first recorded c.1600. Cf. French moyens, German Mittel. Phrase by no means attested from late 15c.; means-test is from 1930.

noun way, method
noun wealth, resources

Example sentences :

Your life must be saved; even if you reprove me for the means.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

I suspect that she was the means of influencing so large a purchase.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

I know all about that, and who was the means of having him sent away.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

He was not by any means an ideal monk, but he was equally far from being a scandal.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

It means the "science of the sound which is made by our speech."
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

You have seen the Greek word "phone," which means the voice, before.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

He found the restaurants moderate in price, and within his means.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

It is always going somewhere but it does not always move westward by any means.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

The Persians called it Bagistana which means the "dwellingplace of the Gods."
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

I have told you how the Egyptians preserved speech by means of little figures.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Synonyms for means

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