plan

1 a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective there is a contingency plan in the office for handling almost any emergency Synonyms of plan arrangement, blueprint, design, game, game plan, ground plan, master plan, program, project, road map, scheme, strategy, system Words Related to plan 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 something that one hopes or intends to accomplish our plan is to finish up by next Friday Synonyms of plan aim, ambition, aspiration, bourne (also bourn), design, dream, end, idea, ideal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, goal, point, pretension, purpose, target, thingWords Related to plan grail, holy grail; plot, project, scheme; desire, hope, mind, wish; nirvana; destination, terminusNear Antonyms of plan means, method, way

1 to work out the details of (something) in advance we planned the school dance down to the smallest detail Synonyms of plan arrange, blueprint, budget, calculate, chart, choreograph, design, frame, lay out, map (out), organize, prepare, project, scheme (out), shape, strategize (about) Words Related to plan conspire, contrive, devise, intrigue, machinate, plot, put up; concert, get up; draft, outline, sketch; aim, figure, have on, intend, mean; contemplate, meditate, premeditate

2 to have in mind as a purpose or goal I plan to have a party for my birthday, even if I have to throw it myself Synonyms of plan aim, allow [chiefly Southern & Midland], aspire, calculate, contemplate, design, go [chiefly Southern & Midland], look, mean, meditate, intend, propose, purport, purposeWords Related to plan dream, hope, wish; consider, debate, mull (over), ponder; attempt, endeavor, strive, struggle, try; plot, scheme; accomplish, achieve, effect, execute, perform