Synonyms for operation

Other words for “operation”, grouped by meaning.

We found 14 synonyms for “operation”. The most common are military operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process.

noun activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)

noun a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

noun a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work

Synonymsprocedure

noun process or manner of functioning or operating

noun (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

noun (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University