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planning

verb , present participle of plan

Synonyms and Antonyms of planning

1 to work out the details of (something) in advance

we planned the school dance down to the smallest detail

Synonyms of planning

arranging, blueprinting, budgeting, calculating, charting, choreographing, designing, framing, laying out, mapping (out), organizing, preparing, projecting, scheming (out), shaping, strategizing (about)

Words Related to planning

conspiring, contriving, devising, intriguing, machinating, plotting, putting up

concerting, getting up

drafting, outlining, sketching

aiming, figuring, having on, intending, meaning

contemplating, meditating, premeditating

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 planning

aiming, allowing [chiefly Southern & Midland], aspiring, calculating, contemplating, designing, going [chiefly Southern & Midland], intending, looking, meaning, meditating, proposing, purporting, purposing

Words Related to planning

dreaming, hoping, wishing

considering, debating, mulling (over), pondering

attempting, endeavoring, striving, struggling, trying

plotting, scheming

accomplishing, achieving, effecting, executing, performing

Phrases Synonymous with planning

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