Drill and Procedure

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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
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Procedure is a synonym for drill in practice topic. In some cases you can use "Procedure" instead a noun "Drill".
Nearby Words: drilling, drilled, driller

Procedure

Procedure noun - A usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result.
Usage example: followed the procedure for replacing the broken part exactly as the owner's manual instructed
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Synonyms for Procedure
Drill is a synonym for procedure in routine topic. Sometimes you can use "Drill" instead a noun "Procedure".
Nearby Word: procedural

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long long drill long procedure
normal normal drill normal procedure
typical typical drill typical procedure
common common drill common procedure
Other adjectives: complete, established, standard, proper, reverse, simple, actual, real, new, traditional, magical, dental.

Both words in one sentence

  • Better to have an "unscheduled drill" over a lapse in procedure than to have people getting complacent and attacked alone.
    Source: Just For Fun / If I Am Ever Head of an Alien Monitoring Agency
  • Drill Sergeant Nasty When the concubines didn't take the general seriously, he followed the normal Chinese boot camp procedure and killed several of them, and suddenly the concubines were performing drill with absolute precision...
    Source: Drill Sergeant Nasty
  • Series / 24 Bavarian Fire Drill: From the page for the trope - "This is standard operating procedure for both the good and bad guys on 24." Beard of Sorrow: Jack Bauer at the beginning of Seasons 2 and 6.
    Source: Series / 24
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Procedure and Drill. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/drill/procedure
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