Drill and Method

Drill

Drill noun - An established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity.

Usage example: shuttling the kids between extracurricular activities is all part of the suburban drill

Show all Definitions

Method and drill are semantically related. in procedure topic. In some cases you can use "Method" instead a noun "Drill".

Nearby Words: drilling, drilled, driller

Method noun - The means or procedure for doing something.

Show all Definitions

Drill and method are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drill" instead a noun "Method".

old	old drill	old method
normal	normal drill	normal method
typical	typical drill	typical method
common	common drill	common method
Other adjectives: standard, proper, single, simple, powerful, actual, real, new, traditional, magical.

Shown Their Work - Lola and her father's method of lobotomizing their victims with a power drill is similar to Jeffrey Dahmer's method.

Source: Film / The Loved Ones
Kamen Rider Den-O has the Zero Liner, which utilizes a drill as a method of attack.

Source: This Is a Drill
An episode of The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne featured a Steam Punk drill used as a method of underground transportation by rebels to attempt to kill the Queen.

Source: This Is a Drill

Cite this Source

Method and Drill. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/drill/method

Drill & Method. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/drill/method>.

Method or Drill. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/drill/method.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "drill" and "method" have occurred on timeline