Synonyms of programs

programs 1 of 2

noun

plural of program

1

as in schedules

a listing of things to be presented or considered (as at a concert or play)

the program will tell us the scheduled order of musical numbers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• schedules
• agendas
• calendars
• organizations
• timetables
• dockets
• bills of fare
• cards
• exercises
• plates
• sequences
• arrangements
• setups
• dance cards
• orders
• orderings

2

as in plans

a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective

we need to come up with a program to deal with kids skipping school

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in procedures

a way of acting or proceeding

recommends a program of regular dental checkups

Synonyms & Similar Words

• procedures
• policies
• strategies
• methods
• methodologies
• courses
• approaches
• plans
• schemes
• lines
• purposes
• intentions
• designs
• intents
• blueprints
• directions
• pathways
• paths
• tacks

programs

2 of 2

verb

variants also programmes

present tense third-person singular of program

as in schemes

Related Words

• schemes
• plans
• designs
• maps (out)
• concerts
• charts
• maneuvers
• shapes
• promises
• contracts
• works out
• frames
• drafts
• lays out
• intrigues
• blueprints
• pledges
• schematizes
• hammers out
• calculates
• squares away
• figures
• chooses
• determines
• agrees (on)
• sanctions
• concludes
• opts
• resolves
• arranges
• approves
• deals
• sets
• authorizes
• decides
• confirms
• affirms
• fixes
• finishes
• ends
• rounds (off or out)
• warrants
• winds up
• completes
• bargains
• closes
• wraps up
• horse-trades
• finalizes
• OKs
• settles
• negotiates
• chaffers
• dickers
• haggles
• clears

Dissimilar Words

• calls
• recalls
• drops
• differs (over)
• repeals
• debates
• revokes
• disagrees (with)
• objects
• counters
• protests
• aborts
• opposes
• calls off
• rescinds
• resists
• contests
• disputes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of programs

Noun

Green will also donate $1 from every ticket sold to each participating school to aid student and school programs. — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026

The resale programs under the Archive platform extends the life of a brand’s shoes, while also opening a new revenue and growth channel. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Proposition 28 dedicates an amount equal to roughly 1% of California’s base education funding — nearly $1 billion a year — to arts programs. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Liz Goodman struggled for years to get support for Logan, her 17-year-old autistic son, through government programs with long waitlists. — Justin Garcia, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

Supporters of the bill say the legislation is needed to rein in spending before schools are forced to wind down even more such programs. — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026

Represented by Anonymous Content, the Cypriot director is also an alum of programs like the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence and the TIFF Talent Lab, and won the Spiegel Lab’s Emerging Filmmaker Prize. — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 28 Sep. 2026

China has long used the pandas as part of its diplomacy globally, deploying the bears in loan programs as expressions of goodwill and letting loan agreements lapse when tensions arise. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Madeline Holstein, senior manager of programs and business development for Planet Harvest. — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026