Entry Word: plan

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective <there is a contingency plan in the office for handling almost any emergency>

Synonyms arrangement, blueprint, design, game, ground plan, program, project, scheme, strategy, system

Related Words collusion, conspiracy, plot; maneuver, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick; means, method, tactic, technique, way; conception, idea, proposal; aim, intention, purpose; diagram, formula, layout, map, policy, recipe, setup

2 something that one hopes or intends to accomplish <our plan is to finish up by next Friday> — see goal