Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun network
5 senses of network
Sense 1
network, web -- (an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth")
=> system, scheme -- (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going")
Sense 2
network -- ((broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs; "the networks compete to broadcast important sports events")
=> communication system, communication equipment -- (facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information)
Sense 3
net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork -- (an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals)
=> fabric, cloth, material, textile -- (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress")
Sense 4
network -- (a system of intersecting lines or channels; "a railroad network"; "a network of canals")
=> system -- (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer")
Sense 5
network, electronic network -- ((electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits)
=> system -- (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb network
1 sense of network
Sense 1
network -- (communicate with and within a group; "You have to network if you want to get a good job")
=> communicate, intercommunicate -- (transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist")