Synonyms for thread in English

– the raised helical rib going around a screw ¹

– a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving ¹

– the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together ¹

– any long object resembling a thin line ¹

– A type of object within a process that runs program instructions. Using multiple threads allows concurrent operations within a process and enables one process to run different parts of its program on different processors simultaneously. A thread has its own set of registers, its own kernel stack, a thread environment block, and a user stack in the address space of its process. ²

– thread on or as if on a string ¹

– pass through or into ¹

– remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string ¹

– pass a thread through ¹

– to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course ¹