Synonyms of plans

plans 1 of 2

noun

plural of plan

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as in strategies

a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective

there is a contingency plan in the office for handling almost any emergency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strategies
• blueprints
• programs
• schemes
• projects
• designs
• systems
• arrangements
• proposals
• master plans
• ideas
• procedures
• games
• recipes
• road maps
• intentions
• game plans
• ways
• ground plans
• policies
• devices
• plots
• techniques
• purposes
• intents
• specifications
• aims
• tactics
• maneuvers
• conspiracies
• maps
• stratagems
• protocols
• means
• contrivances
• conceptions
• specifics
• counterplans
• tricks
• subterfuges
• formulas
• formulae
• counter-strategies
• gambits
• diagrams
• counterstrategies
• collusions
• patterns
• ruses
• platforms
• layouts
• setups
• projets

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as in goals

something that one hopes or intends to accomplish

our plan is to finish up by next Friday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• goals
• purposes
• intentions
• aims
• ideas
• objectives
• ambitions
• intents
• dreams
• objects
• things
• aspirations
• designs
• targets
• ideals
• meanings
• projects
• hopes
• pretensions
• points
• schemes
• bournes
• ends
• wishes
• marks
• desires
• bourns
• plots
• minds
• destinations
• holy grails
• grails
• nirvanas
• terminuses
• termini

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• means
• methods
• ways

• means
• methods
• ways

plans

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verb

present tense third-person singular of plan

1

as in designs

to work out the details of (something) in advance

we planned the school dance down to the smallest detail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• designs
• prepares
• plots
• organizes
• charts
• arranges
• budgets
• projects
• devises
• outlines
• maps (out)
• schemes (out)
• calculates
• blueprints
• shapes
• choreographs
• drafts
• strategizes (about)
• intends
• lays out
• frames
• contemplates
• sketches
• concerts
• figures
• aims
• conspires
• intrigues
• contrives
• has on
• means
• machinates
• gets up
• premeditates
• meditates
• puts up

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as in intends

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

• intends
• hopes
• aims
• wishes
• contemplates
• means
• purposes
• designs
• proposes
• looks
• tries
• goes
• purports
• attempts
• aspires
• calculates
• dreams
• allows
• figures on
• plots
• schemes
• meditates
• considers
• debates
• struggles
• endeavors
• strives
• ponders
• effects
• accomplishes
• mulls (over)
• executes
• achieves
• performs