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strategy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of strategy

1 a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective

a statewide strategy to raise studentsʼ achievement test scores over the next three years

Synonyms of strategy

arrangement, blueprint, design, game, game plan, ground plan, master plan, plan, program, project, road map, scheme, system

Words Related to strategy

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

youʼll need a better strategy than just knocking on doors if you want to sell that many magazines

Synonyms of strategy

approach, fashion, form, how, manner, method, methodology, recipe, style, system, tack, tactics, technique, way

Words Related to strategy

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

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