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

Wadewitz added that the freight carrier may get an additional boost from its planned transcontinental merger. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

The planned sites include facilities associated with Plants Bowen, Hammond, McIntosh, Wansley and Yates, along with standalone projects in Hall and McDuffie counties. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026

Among the other items unearthed was a large mudbrick residential complex with planned streets, as well as rooms with grain-storage silos and cylindrical pottery ovens used to prepare food. — Ahmed Shawkat, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

The singer revealed the condition to fans three months later after canceling the rest of his planned gigs. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026

Direct, straightforward and surely pre-planned, Falcons general manager Ian Cunningham showed no hesitation in speaking playoff aspirations into the air within the team’s facility in Flowery Branch. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 8 Sep. 2026

The planned 250-foot-tall (76-meter) memorial arch will stand between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Matsui’s campaign did not respond to questions about planned meetings with Republican groups or strategies to win GOP voters. — Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026

The planned center for arbitrating investment and commercial disputes, for example, will sit within the Syrian Investment Authority, which is itself attached to the presidency. — Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026

Verb

The tribute and the timing — Bell is in pre-production for Free Fall, a thriller planned as her feature debut as a director — felt perfect. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

Alabama originally planned to execute Lee on June 11 using nitrogen gas, a relatively new execution method the state tested for the first time in early 2024. — CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

The farm is also supplying its honey to the restaurant; accumulated at a small scale, the kitchen planned its use strategically. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

At trial, prosecutors also planned to introduce cellphone data and video footage of a white sedan in the King Road neighborhood linking Kohberger to the area around the time of the murders. — Kevin Fixler september 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2026

The Anthropic case revealed that the company planned to scan some 2 million books over one six-month period. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Shipping is planned to begin in January 2027, assuming the Kickstarter campaign is successful. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026

Nex will move into Germany later this year, with Japan and Korea planned for 2027. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

Zelensky has welcomed the prospect of Witkoff and Kushner’s visit to Kyiv, planned for Sunday. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026