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plan

[plan] / plæn /
NOUN
scheme, design, way of doing things
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arrangement deal idea intention method policy procedure program project proposal strategy suggestion system treatment
STRONG
aim angle animus contrivance device disposition expedient gimmick intent layout machination meaning means orderliness outline pattern picture platform plot projection proposition purpose scenario stratagem tactics trick undertaking
WEAK
big picture course of action game plan ground plan
Antonyms
STRONG
disorganization
NOUN
written description; diagram
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agenda blueprint
STRONG
agendum chart delineation draft drawing form illustration layout map projection prospectus representation sketch view
WEAK
road map rough draft scale drawing time line
VERB
think out; prepare in advance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arrange design draft form organize plot project work out
STRONG
blueprint brainstorm calculate concoct conspire contemplate contrive craft devise engineer formulate frame hatch intrigue invent map meditate outline quarterback ready represent scheme shape sketch steer trace
WEAK
bargain for block out cook up figure on figure out fix to lay in provisions line up make arrangements reckon on rough in set out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
destroy disarrange disorder disorganize neglect
STRONG
forget ignore
VERB
intend, mean
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aim design propose
STRONG
contemplate envisage foresee mind purpose
WEAK
bargain for count on have every intention reckon on
Antonyms
STRONG
disregard forget neglect
WEAK
ignore

Example Sentences

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Last week, the Senate finally settled on a plan to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

And a former adviser to Labour on home affairs, Danny Shaw, acknowledged that the party also failed to plan for the long term when in opposition.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

New AI tools like Claude Code help write and debug software faster, and spin up a website or a marketing plan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Congress will now take up the plan, and final spending levels are expected to be settled later this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Nine, at this point, was quite irritated with the half-dead fox, who seemed not only to have failed to follow their clearly mapped-out plan but to have forgotten it altogether.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.