formation - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of forming or establishing something

Synonyms

• constitution
• establishment
• formation
• organisation
• organization

More generic

• beginning
• commencement
• start

More specific

• collectivisation
• collectivization
• colonisation
• colonization
• communisation
• communization
• federation
• settlement
• unionisation
• unionization

Noun

the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

Synonyms

• formation
• shaping

More generic

• fabrication
• manufacture
• manufacturing

More specific

• filing
• forging
• granulation
• grooving
• metalwork
• metalworking
• rifling
• turning

Noun

creation by mental activity

Synonyms

• formation

More generic

• creating by mental acts

More specific

• affixation

Noun

a particular spatial arrangement

Synonyms

• formation

More generic

• arrangement
• placement

More specific

• raster
• rig
• rigging
• split

Noun

an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

Synonyms

• formation

More generic

• arrangement

More specific

• backfield
• center
• flank
• flight
• head
• line
• military formation
• rear
• secondary
• wing

Noun

(geology) the geological features of the earth

Synonyms

• formation
• geological formation

More generic

• object
• physical object

More specific

• aquifer
• beach
• cave
• chain
• chain of mountains
• cliff
• crater
• delta
• depression
• diapir
• drop
• drop-off
• elevation
• folium
• foreshore
• fountain
• groundwater level
• ice mass
• incline
• lakefront
• massif
• mineral vein
• monocline
• mountain chain
• mountain range
• mouth
• natural depression
• natural elevation
• natural spring
• oceanfront
• outflow
• outpouring
• range
• range of mountains
• relict
• ridge
• ridgeline
• scree
• shore
• side
• slope
• spring
• talus
• vein
• volcanic crater
• wall
• water level
• water table

Noun

natural process that causes something to form

Synonyms

• formation

More generic

• action
• activity
• natural action
• natural process

More specific

• encrustation
• incrustation
• reticulation

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