master plan

noun

: a plan giving overall guidance

Synonyms of master plan

• plan
• strategy
• blueprint
• program
• scheme
• project

Examples of master plan in a Sentence

He has a master plan for becoming a millionaire.

my neighbor assured me that the wisdom of his master plan for his yard would be apparent once everything was finished

Recent Examples on the Web

Traffic was snarled on Interstate 70 and other key arteries because of some combination of vague signage on parking passes or apps, accidents earlier in the afternoon, the lack of dedicated lanes for the bus system — why oh why couldn’t that be achieved in the master plan? —Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026

That process includes getting the school factored into the school district's master plan and securing the necessary county funding. —Dennis Valera, CBS News, 17 June 2026

The airport is also working on updating its master plan. —Casey Mann, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2026

Manigo said the group presented its master plan to the board, but the proposal was never taken up and remains unimplemented, despite still being posted at the bottom of the district’s reparations webpage. —Uc Berkeley, Mercury News, 15 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for master plan

• businessman
• canavan
• caravan
• constantan
• dragoman
• fisherman
• handyman
• harmattan
• journeyman
• marianne
• middleman
• minivan