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plans

noun , plural of plan

Synonyms and Antonyms of plans

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 plans

arrangements, blueprints, designs, games, game plans, ground plans, master plans, programs, projects, road maps, schemes, strategies, systems

Words Related to plans

collusions, conspiracies, plots

contrivances, devices, gambits, maneuvers, ruses, stratagems, subterfuges, tricks

counterplans, counterstrategies (or counter-strategies)

means, tactics, techniques, ways

procedures, protocols

conceptions, ideas, projets, proposals, specifics, specifications

aims, intents, intentions, purposes

diagrams, formulas (or formulae), layouts, maps, patterns, platforms, policies, recipes, setups

2 something that one hopes or intends to accomplish

our plan is to finish up by next Friday

Synonyms of plans

aims, ambitions, aspirations, bournes (also bourns), designs, dreams, ends, goals, ideas, ideals, intents, intentions, marks, meanings, objects, objectives, points, pretensions, purposes, targets, things

Words Related to plans

grails, holy grails

plots, projects, schemes

desires, hopes, minds, wishes

destinations, termini (or terminuses)

Near Antonyms of plans

means, methods, ways

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