Synonyms for mill
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1. mill3

   John Stuart Mill.

   Synonyms:
   , permille

2. mill3

   (followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.

   I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops.

   Synonyms:
   wander, roam

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1. factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactorynoun

   a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

   Synonyms:
   manufacturing plant, pulverisation, milling machinery, manufactory, grinder, grind, pulverization, factory

2. Mill, James Millnoun

   Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)

   Synonyms:
   manufacturing plant, milling machinery, manufactory, grinder, grind, pulverization, pulverisation, factory

3. Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Millnoun

   English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)

   Synonyms:
   manufacturing plant, milling machinery, manufactory, grinder, grind, pulverization, pulverisation, factory

4. mill, grinder, milling machinerynoun

   machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing

   Synonyms:
   factory, submarine sandwich, grind, poor boy, zep, sub, hoagie, hero, molar, manufacturing plant, hero sandwich, pulverization, grinder, manufactory, milling machinery, bomber, submarine, hoagy, wedge, torpedo, pulverisation

5. grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisationverb

   the act of grinding to a powder or dust

   Synonyms:
   drudgery, factory, grind, plodding, nerd, dweeb, manufacturing plant, powder, pulverization, grinder, swot, manufactory, milling machinery, wonk, donkeywork, pulverisation

6. mill, mill about, mill aroundverb

   move about in a confused manner

   Synonyms:
   lurk, tarry, lallygag, footle, linger, mess about, lollygag, loiter, lounge, mill about, hang around, loaf, mill around

7. millverb

   grind with a mill

   "mill grain"

   Synonyms:
   mill about, mill around

8. millverb

   produce a ridge around the edge of

   "mill a coin"

   Synonyms:
   mill about, mill around

9. millverb

   roll out (metal) with a rolling machine

   Synonyms:
   mill about, mill around

Matched Categories

1. • Economist
   • Grind
   • Groove
   • Move
   • Philosopher
   • Plant
   • Roll Out

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. millnoun

   Synonyms:
   manufactory

2. millnoun

   Synonyms:
   [U. S.] one tenth of a cent

3. millnoun

   Synonyms:
   fight, contest

4. millverb

   Synonyms:
   stamp (as coin) on the edge

5. millverb

   Synonyms:
   full (as cloth)

6. millverb

   Synonyms:
   [Low.] beat (with the fists)

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1. List of paraphrases for "mill":

   moulin, plant, factory, sawmill, windmill, mills, plants, usine, manufactures, grinder, fabrique, bailer, steelworks, facility, factories, moulins

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1. Derek Holt at Scotiabank:

   There are dim hopes amidst an active rumor mill that on balance continues to portray both Greek PM Alexis Tsipras and his main banker German Chancellor Angela Merkel as uncompromising.

2. Jim Kenney:

   Words alone can not express the outrage, hurt, and sadness that all of us feel. Dedicated, passionate, and driven -- Tiffany Fletcher was just doing Tiffany Fletcher job outside Mill Creek Rec Center in West Philadelphia when -- in a brazen and unconscionable act of violence -- she was struck by crossfire in the middle of the day.

3. Mercy Yialase:

   I can't mill because the marketers are not coming.

4. Thomas Huxley:

   Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds your stuff to any degree of fineness; but, nevertheless, what you get out depends on what you put in; and as the grandest mill in the world will not extract wheat flour from peas cods, so pages of formulae will not get a definite result out of loose data.

5. Regina Ruette:

   Financing conditions deteriorated a lot when we were finishing the second mill, then we had several years of low sugar and ethanol prices.