strategy

1 a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective <a statewide strategy to raise students' achievement test scores over the next three years> Synonyms arrangement, blueprint, design, game, game plan, ground plan, master plan, program, project, road map, scheme, plan, systemRelated 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

2 the means or procedure for doing something <you'll need a better strategy than just knocking on doors if you want to sell that many magazines> Synonyms approach, fashion, form, how, manner, methodology, recipe, method, style, system, tack, tactics, technique, wayRelated Words mode, modus operandi; blueprint, design, game, game plan, ground plan, intrigue, layout, line, model, plan, plot, program, route, scheme; expedient, move, shift, step; practice (also practise), process, routine; policy