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arrangement

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of arrangement

1 a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective

  • will work out a visitation arrangement in court
Synonyms of arrangement

blueprint, design, game, game plan, ground plan, master plan, plan, program, project, road map, scheme, strategy, system
Words Related to arrangement

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 way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized

  • an artistic arrangement of the vases on the shelf
Synonyms of arrangement

configuration, conformation, format, formation, layout, setout, setup
Words Related to arrangement

design, plan, scheme

composition, constitution, getup, makeup

build, construction, structure

3 the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged

  • the close arrangement of the figures in the family portrait is meant to be symbolic of their close emotional attachment
Synonyms of arrangement

composition, configuration, constellation, design, form, format, getup, layout, makeup, ordonnance, pattern
Words Related to arrangement

motif, theme

4 the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another

  • the ill-advised arrangement of works in the piano recital resulted in pieces of similar mood being played back-to-back
Synonyms of arrangement

array, disposal, disposition, distribution, order, ordering, sequence, setup
Words Related to arrangement

continuity

precedence, priority

chain, procession, progression, succession

series

aligning (also alining), alignment (also alinement), lining up

design, layout, pattern, structure, system
Near Antonyms of arrangement

confusion, disorder, disorganization, disruption, upset

disconnection, disjointedness

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