Word.ws English Dictionary

submethod

submethod noun: a method or technique used as part of another method.

Noun

submethod (plural submethods)

  1. A method or technique used as part of another method.
  2. (object-oriented programming) A method in a subclass that overrides the corresponding method in its superclass.

Forms of submethod

pluralsubmethods

Origin of submethod

From sub- + method.

Questions about submethod

What does submethod mean?
Submethod means a method or technique used as part of another method.
What part of speech is submethod?
Submethod is a noun.
What is the plural of submethod?
The plural of submethod is submethods.

Words near submethod in the dictionary

  1. submetatarsal
  2. submeter
  3. submetered
  4. submetering
  5. submeters
  6. submethod
  7. submethods
  8. submetropolitan
  9. submicellar
  10. submicelle
  11. submicelles

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: submethod (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “submethod.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/submethod. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.