Synonyms of planned

planned 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in designed

Related Words

• designed
• intended
• deliberate
• intentional
• conscious
• purposeful
• voluntary
• willed
• calculated
• advised
• knowing
• weighed
• considered
• studied
• premeditated
• purposive
• reasoned
• thoughtful
• measured
• set
• willful
• optional
• witting
• volunteer
• elective
• discretionary
• premeditative
• prepense

Dissimilar Words

• chance
• random
• unintentional
• inadvertent
• accidental
• incidental
• haphazard
• unwitting
• sudden
• necessary
• nondeliberate
• aimless
• required
• forced
• ordered
• mandatory
• desultory
• purposeless
• abrupt
• impetuous
• compulsory
• nonpurposive
• spontaneous
• involuntary
• obligatory
• hit-or-miss
• impromptu
• casual
• impulsive
• instinctive
• coerced
• extemporaneous
• nonelective
• unpremeditated
• unforced

2

as in anticipated

Related Words

• anticipated
• expected
• predicted
• awaited
• possible
• potential
• prospective
• future
• projected
• upcoming
• subsequent
• later
• forthcoming
• unborn
• nearing
• imminent
• eventual
• impending
• coming
• final
• ensuing
• after
• approaching
• oncoming
• last
• posterior
• pending
• ulterior
• ultimate

Dissimilar Words

• previous
• prior
• precedent
• past
• anterior
• preceding
• antecedent
• bygone

planned

2 of 2

verb

past tense of plan

1

as in prepared

to work out the details of (something) in advance

we planned the school dance down to the smallest detail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• designed
• prepared
• organized
• arranged
• plotted
• calculated
• devised
• budgeted
• charted
• outlined
• choreographed
• projected
• shaped
• mapped (out)
• drafted
• blueprinted
• intended
• laid out
• framed
• contemplated
• strategized (about)
• schemed (out)
• conspired
• figured
• sketched
• contrived
• aimed
• intrigued
• meant
• had on
• concerted
• premeditated
• got up
• machinated
• meditated
• put up

2

as in intended

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 & Similar Words

• intended
• hoped
• contemplated
• proposed
• meant
• went
• aimed
• designed
• wished
• tried
• looked
• calculated
• attempted
• purposed
• allowed
• purported
• aspired
• meditated
• considered
• dreamed
• plotted
• figured on
• accomplished
• debated
• struggled
• executed
• performed
• achieved
• endeavored
• effected
• pondered
• schemed
• mulled (over)
• strove

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of planned

Adjective

The planned 18 GWh capacity is not yet the facility’s current output. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026

There’s also a set offering of pre-planned excursions offered by the hotel each day—think visits to nearby olive oil farms, artisans, or Corfu Old Town. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Seoul Wednesday for a pre-planned visit. — Anna Coren, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

This rendering depicts a planned public park set to be included with a shopping center redevelopment in northern Sandy Springs. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Prosecutors allege Gardner-Fernandez, Fernandez Saldana and Tenon played distinct roles in a planned killing. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

This segmentation enables finance leaders to apply their capital allocation expertise by aligning the organization’s investments with planned measurable business outcomes. — Jim Deloach, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Entertainment juggernaut Live Nation is expanding its San Diego footprint with the purchase and planned conversion of San Diego’s 102-year-old Wonder Bread Building into a 4,000-person music venue. — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026

Those figures do not include $9 million in planned capital projects, which are slated to be funded through the selling off of lease certificates, according to a district presentation. — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Verb

The decisive stage is planned for early 2027, when an Army unit will conduct an Operational Assessment. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026

Additional infrastructure planned includes a new Vertical Integration Facility for the 9×4 vehicle and a Payload Processing Facility. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

Friday's meeting was planned before this week's executive departures and was held with current shareholders, the person said. — Kate Rooney, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

Epicor’s board of directors planned the succession process, beginning with Vohra’s appointment as president in October 2024. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, more than half of local businesses have cut their hours, closed for more days than planned or scaled back services due to staffing shortages that are at least partly caused by the shortage of affordable housing. — Nancy Forster-Holt, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026

Renderings of the restaurant the Allen Morris Company has planned show a wooden building with patios surrounded by greenery. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026

By Friday, the French Swimming Federation said the affected area had been treated, allowing athletes to return to the water and the event to proceed as planned. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

Hardwick said Davis and his friend had planned to rob someone named CJ, though investigators have been unable to determine who CJ is. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026