Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Plan

Nouns
  • plan, scheme, design, project
  • proposal, proposition, suggestion
  • resolution, motion
  • precaution etc. (provision) Preparation
  • deep-laid plan etc. (premeditated) Predetermination
  • system etc. (order) Order
  • organization etc. (arrangement) [Reduction to Order.] Arrangement
  • germ etc. (cause) [Constant antecedent]. Cause. sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft
  • rough cast, rough draft, draught copy
  • copy
  • proof, revise. drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation) Representation. forecast, program, programme, prospectus
  • card
  • bill, protocol
  • order of the day, list of agenda
  • bill of fare etc. (food) [Eating.] Food
  • base of operations
  • platform, plank, slate [U.S.], ticket [U.S.]. role
  • policy etc. (line of conduct) Conduct. contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device
  • pipelaying [U.S.]
  • stratagem etc. (cunning) Cunning
  • trick etc. (deception) Deception
  • alternative, loophole
  • shift etc. (substitute) [Change of one thing for another.] Substitution
  • last shift etc. (necessity) Necessity. measure, step
  • stroke, stroke of policy
  • master stroke
  • trump card, court card
  • great gun
  • coup
  • clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke
  • bright thought, bright idea. intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination
  • subplot, underplot, counterplot. schemer, schemist, schematist
  • strategist, machinator
  • projector, artist, promoter, designer etc. v.
  • conspirator
  • intrigant etc. (cunning) Cunning.
Verbs
  • plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch
  • devise, invent etc. (imagine) Imagination
  • set one's wits to work etc. Imagination
  • spring a project
  • fall upon, hit upon
  • strike out, chalk out, cut out, lay out, map out
  • lay down a plan
  • shape out a course, mark out a course
  • predetermine etc. Predetermination
  • concert, preconcert, preestablish
  • prepare etc. Preparation
  • hatch, hatch a plot concoct
  • take steps, take measures. cast, recast, systematize, organize
  • arrange etc. [Reduction to Order.] Arrangement
  • digest, mature. plot
  • counter-plot, counter-mine
  • dig a mine
  • lay a train
  • intrigue etc. (cunning) Cunning.
Adjectives
  • planned etc. v.
  • strategic, strategical
  • planning etc. v.
  • prepared, in course of preparation etc. Preparation
  • under consideration
  • on the tapis, on the carpet, on the floor.