blueprint

blue·print

noun \-ˌprint\

Definition of BLUEPRINT

1

: a photographic print in white on a bright blue ground or blue on a white ground used especially for copying maps, mechanical drawings, and architects' plans

2

: something resembling a blueprint (as in serving as a model or providing guidance); especially : a detailed plan or program of action <a blueprint for victory>

— blueprint transitive verb

Examples of BLUEPRINT

1. a blueprint for reforming the public school system
2. <an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25>

First Known Use of BLUEPRINT

1886

Related to BLUEPRINT

Synonyms

arrangement, plan, design, game, game plan, ground plan, master plan, program, project, road map, scheme, strategy, system

Related Words

collusion, conspiracy, plot; contrivance, device, gambit, maneuver, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick; counterplan, counterstrategy; means, tactic, technique, way; procedure, protocol; conception, idea, projet, proposal, specific(s), specification(s); aim, intent, intention, purpose; diagram, formula, layout, map, pattern, platform, policy, recipe, setup

Rhymes with BLUEPRINT

catmint, footprint, forint, gunflint, handprint, hoofprint, horsemint, imprint, in-print, large-print, newsprint, offprint, preprint, remint, reprint, skinflint, spearmint, thumbprint, voiceprint, wind sprint, work print