Synonyms of projects

projects 1 of 2

noun

plural of project

as in plans

a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective

an ambitious project to develop the city's waterfront

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

projects

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of project

1

as in protrudes

to extend outward beyond a usual point

some boulders projected dangerously out above the trail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protrudes
• pokes
• stands out
• bulges
• pouches
• sticks out
• bunches
• bags
• juts
• beetles
• overhangs
• swells
• balloons
• pooches
• bellies
• domes
• pouts
• starts
• billows
• extends
• stretches
• mushrooms
• snowballs
• expands
• lengthens
• blows up
• dilates
• inflates
• distends
• elongates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contracts
• shrinks
• compresses
• condenses
• constricts

2

as in designs

to work out the details of (something) in advance

we must project next year's budget now

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of projects

Noun

This would be an intense time of building, assembling art and art cars, and a lot of people just have not been able to get any work done on their projects. — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

This award recognized the engineering that helped concrete arch construction move past limits that had held back similar projects for decades. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

More than forty-six billion dollars’ worth of data-center-development projects are currently under construction or being considered in the state, according to an estimate by the nonprofit newsroom Wisconsin Watch. — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026

Local resistance tied to electricity, water, noise, and infrastructure concerns has reportedly blocked or delayed at least 48 data-center projects worth $156 billion. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026

All those changed diapers, bedtime stories, packed lunches, rides to soccer practice and help with science fair projects have led to this moment. — John Biemer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Get moving and do your personal projects elsewhere, like at home! — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026

Recent box-office cycles have also shown films across genres finding audiences, pointing to opportunities for projects built on narrative strength rather than scale or star power alone. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

The lure drew thousands of crews to Hengdian last year to shoot projects in and around the sprawling Hengdian World Studios. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Verb

The utility company now projects that revenue from OpenAI and other large customers could save a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours about $15 a month beginning in 2029. — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Deloitte India projects that India’s pharmaceutical sector will become a $130 billion market by 2030. — Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

The Association of American Medical Colleges projects that the United States could face a shortage of up to 40,000 primary care physicians by 2036, even as an aging population requires more chronic-disease management. — Joel Zive, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026

And yet the composition of their most valuable assets, and thus their potential expansion exposure, projects to be weighted heavily toward the back end. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

In races from Ohio to Wisconsin to Pennsylvania, candidates in both parties are scrambling to distance themselves from data center projects their own leaders spent years courting. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

The weather service projects top temperatures of 119 to 120 there through Friday, with overnight lows in the mid-90s. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

The play came early in the second quarter on a leaping, 29-yard reception by Musselman from Colin Singh, who projects as the team’s top running back. — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2026

The studio projects an opening weekend around $23 million for the sixth title in the series that kicked off with 2011’s Insidious. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026