strategy

1 a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective a statewide strategy to raise students' achievement test scores over the next three years Synonyms arrangement, blueprint, design, game, game plan, ground plan, master plan, program, project, road map, scheme, plan, systemRelated Words collusion, conspiracy, plot; contrivance, device, gambit, maneuver, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick; counterplan, counterstrategy; means, tactic, technique, way; procedure, protocol; conception, idea, projet, proposal, specific(s), specification(s); aim, intent, intention, purpose; diagram, formula, layout, map, pattern, platform, policy, recipe, setup

2 the means or procedure for doing something you'll need a better strategy than just knocking on doors if you want to sell that many magazines Synonyms approach, fashion, form, how, manner, methodology, recipe, method, style, system, tack, tactics, technique, wayRelated Words mode, modus operandi; blueprint, design, game, game plan, ground plan, intrigue, layout, line, model, plan, plot, program, route, scheme; expedient, move, shift, step; practice (also practise), process, routine; policy