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

Also excluded from the map are the University of Kansas Medical Center and the surrounding corner of Wyandotte County alongside existing STAR bond districts for other projects. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Now guests of Omaanda have privileged access to the Van Vuurens’s important community and conservation projects, which include rehabilitation of injured or orphaned rhinos, elephants and big cats. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

Without long-term federal funding for transportation projects, manufacturing plants and good-paying jobs like these could leave North Carolina entirely. — Kevin Blackwell, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

Analyst Robert Kad expects new data center power projects to support earnings growth, forecasting roughly 16% annual EBITDA growth through 2030, above the company's guidance of more than 11%. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

Betancourt’s legal problems stemmed from his role in troubled Venezuelan energy projects during the corrupt rule of former President Hugo Chávez. — Cate Brown, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Other women rely on cold water, fans, calendar reminders, or breaking projects into smaller tasks to compensate for lapses in concentration. — Jo Ann Liguori, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2026

Investors backing these projects are also obvious customers for a real-time feed into Americans’ growing antipathy toward data centers. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Berg says his goal as a record maker is to create things that endure — and indeed among his other recent projects are LPs by veteran songwriters Bruce Hornsby and Sarah McLachlan. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Verb

Nationally, Treasury projects that by 2030 more than 11 million taxpayers could donate nearly $26 billion a year through the program. — Lara Murray-Sterzel, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

VoteHub projects that two-thirds of Texas voters will cast their ballots during early voting this year and that total turnout could approach the number of ballots cast in the 2024 presidential election. — Jack Fink, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

The cruise industry projects the luxury cruise fleet will grow from 104 ships in 2026 to at least 130 by 2036. — Contessa Brewer,ryan Ruggiero, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Tesla also projects more than 300 miles of driving range on a charge. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Focus projects an $8 million opening for director Georgia Oakley’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s enduring novel, with the movie carrying a budget in the mid-$20 millions. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

The study projects that the glacier could add up to 30 millimeters to global sea levels by 2100, even without further climate warming. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

His value could be the difference for the Gators, opening up an offense that projects to run through one of the most dominant frontcourts in college basketball history. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026

ThredUp’s resale report projects the global secondhand apparel market will reach $393 billion by 2030, broader context for the popularity of secondhand fashion, although the report does not measure liner-jacket sales specifically. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026