Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun architecture

4 senses of architecture

Sense 1
architecture -- (an architectural product or work)
       => building, edifice -- (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice")

Sense 2
architecture -- (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use")
       => discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick -- (a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings")
       => fine arts, beaux arts -- (the study and creation of visual works of art)

Sense 3
architecture -- (the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect)
       => profession -- (an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences))

Sense 4
computer architecture, architecture -- ((computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's system software")
       => structure -- (the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule")