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

The arch is one of multiple projects Trump has proposed that will change Washington's landscape. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026

Republican candidates are souring on data centers across the country as Democrats try to harness grassroots opposition to the projects against the GOP in the midterms. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Inside, Scharf argued that the Height of Buildings Act, a law that requires most buildings in the capital to stay under a hundred and thirty feet, shouldn’t apply to federal projects. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Kathmandu, Nepal — Two people have been rescued from a tunnel in Nepal and voices have been heard, nine days after massive flash floods and landslides hit the Nepal-China border trapping hundreds of workers inside multiple Himalayan energy projects. — Bhadra Sharma, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

The ballroom project, alongside his plans to renovate structures such as the Kennedy Center and the East Potomac Golf Links, has run into legal woes as Democrats and historic preservationists have mounted several lawsuits against the projects. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026

Construction started in 2022 and was funded in part by Proposition 68, which authorized $4 billion in state general obligation bonds for state and local parks, environmental protection projects and water infrastructure. — Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 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

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

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