game plan

noun

: a strategy for achieving an objective

game-plan

ˈgām-ˌplan 

intransitive verb

Synonyms of game plan

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

Examples of game plan in a Sentence

The governor is developing a game plan to lure businesses to the region.

what's our game plan for touring the city?

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead, Davidson has been the focal point of opposing team’s game plans from the start, and yet still managed to adjust to the college game on the fly. —Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026

Baylor’s game plan was to intentionally make the senior guard a scorer. —Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026

The elaborate game plan involved identifying powerful targets like the Musk brothers, using women and intermediaries to forge stronger ties with the target, and then relentlessly trying to insert himself into their circles. —Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026

Tang declined to elaborate that day on what his guys were going through and took the blame for not having a good enough game plan. —Cj Moore, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for game plan

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

Kids Definition

game plan

noun

: a strategy for achieving an end : game entry 1 sense 2a