Synonyms of ground plan

ground plan

noun

as in plan

a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective

their ground plan is first to finish college and then get married

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plan
• strategy
• blueprint
• program
• scheme
• master plan
• project
• system
• game plan
• design
• road map
• arrangement
• proposal
• game
• way
• recipe
• idea
• procedure
• intent
• technique
• intention
• collusion
• purpose
• device
• plot
• means
• policy
• conspiracy
• maneuver
• gambit
• counterstrategy
• stratagem
• aim
• tactic
• subterfuge
• protocol
• ruse
• map
• contrivance
• counterplan
• conception
• trick
• formula
• specific(s)
• platform
• diagram
• setup
• layout
• pattern
• specification(s)
• projet

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ground plan

Last July, just as the filmmakers were wrapping up, Montenegro’s government canceled the training-ground plan. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026

Another researcher, Stéphane Potier, tackled Ulrich von Ensingen’s early-15th-century ground plan of an octagonal tower at Strasbourg. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026

Room for Disagreement Faragasso, of the Institute for Science and International Security, argued a Special Operations ground plan would be far too dangerous and complex, making the option less likely for the US. — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 7 Mar. 2026

In this original usage, it was associated with concepts like designs, ground plans, and sketches—flat forms to be realized as physical structures. — Leo Kim, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023

The possible dichotomy between ground plan and volumetric form has never been more apparent to me. — Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 22 May 2023

Clues were found in the remains of the buildings, ground plans, monuments, and plazas. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023

The keep-it-in-the-ground plan would require billions of dollars in appropriations from Congress -- and the administration just recently lost a bid in Congress to spend $3 billion buying oil for the government’s strategic reserve. — Sheela Tobben, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020