ARRANGEMENTS Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

arrangements

noun

plural of arrangement

as in plans

a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective will work out a visitation arrangement in court

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as in layouts

the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized an artistic arrangement of the vases on the shelf

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as in designs

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

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as in sequences

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

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Recent Examples of arrangements More intense arrangements use pulsating choral music for high-stakes moments. —

Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 8 June 2026 Plans for a space station orbiting the moon, though, have since been scrapped, and NASA has not indicated how that cancellation may affect its arrangements to include crews from outside agencies. —

Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 June 2026 Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Snap’s Evan Spiegel, and Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin all took their companies public with similar arrangements. —

Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 6 June 2026 Funeral arrangements were not immediately available. —

ABC News, 6 June 2026 The June 5 dive into the financing by the watchdog came as the first such review in more than 20 years and also explored the arrangements for the former Prince Andrew, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie's residences, among other royal family members. —

Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026 Beatrice and Eugenie’s living arrangements were put in place by Queen Elizabeth, and Charles has continued on with it, People reported, adding that it is paid from the Privy Purse. —

Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 June 2026 Whether those advantages came from, uh, any type of financial arrangements is up for debate. —

Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2026 Lenders on those sites have financial arrangements to be on the platforms. —

Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 4 June 2026

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Noun

Over the course of several interviews over the past month, Charlotte-area parents described child care not as a normal consumer decision but as something closer to a strategic campaign involving timing, networking, luck, financial compromise and backup plans layered on top of backup plans.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
Across California’s capital region, many businesses have announced plans to screen some — or all — of the World Cup matches for the most dedicated of fans.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026