plan

• "He plans to be in graduate school next year"
• "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion"

Synonyms

• be afterhave the will and intention to carry out some action

• "He is planning a trip with his family"

• "devise"
• "They contrived to murder their boss"
• "design a new sales strategy"
• "plan an attack"

Synonyms

• projectany piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; a planned undertaking ; communicate vividly; extend out or project in space; transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another ; project on a screen; cause to be heard; draw a projection of ; make or work out a plan for; present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; imagine; put or send forth; throw, send, or cast forward; regard as objective
• contrivemake or work out a plan for; come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; put or send forth
• designmake or work out a plan for; plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect; create the design for; make a design of; create designs; conceive or fashion in the mind; intend or have as a purpose; the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); an arrangement scheme; something intended as a guide for making something else; a decorative or artistic work; an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something; the creation of something in the mind

• "plan out in systematic, often graphic form"
• "design a better mousetrap"
• "plan the new wing of the museum"

Synonyms

• designmake or work out a plan for; plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect; create the design for; make a design of; create designs; conceive or fashion in the mind; intend or have as a purpose; the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); an arrangement scheme; something intended as a guide for making something else; a decorative or artistic work; an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something; the creation of something in the mind

• "they drew up a six-step plan"
• "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"

Synonyms

• programarrange a program of or for; write a computer program ; a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; a radio or television show; a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event; an integrated course of academic studies; (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
• programmewrite a computer program ; arrange a program of or for; an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event; an integrated course of academic studies; a radio or television show; (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation

• "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"
• "it was an excellent design for living"
• "a plan for seating guests"

Synonyms

• designmake or work out a plan for; plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect; create the design for; make a design of; create designs; conceive or fashion in the mind; intend or have as a purpose; the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); an arrangement scheme; something intended as a guide for making something else; a decorative or artistic work; an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something; the creation of something in the mind

• "the plans for City Hall were on file"

Synonyms

• architectural planscale drawing of a structure