plan

n

1. scheme, design, arrangement, disposition, layout, blueprint; order, array, distribution, grouping, organization, classification; configuration, formation, pattern, construction, constitution.

2. procedure, plan of action, tactics, strategy; plot, formula, program, policy, course, order; system, method, way, means, rhyme or reason; itinerary, schedule, roster, agenda, bill, syllabus.

3. project, purpose, proposal, idea, conception, cogitation; prospect, view, intent, intention, ambition, hope, aspiration.

4. representation, diagram, map, scale drawing, chart, ground plan, floor plan; pattern, model; drawing, sketch, draft, copy; cast, skeleton, delineation, depiction.

v

5. arrange, line up, schedule; map out, block out, work out, strategize; devise, design, develop, form, formulate, fashion, shape, mold, contrive; frame, purpose, intend; fabricate, construct, build, erect; concoct, conceive, envision, see, plot.

6. project, look ahead, predesign, prearrange; make plans, mark out a course, shape a course, draw up a plan, mastermind; think, contemplate, premeditate.

7. outline, draw, scratch, draft, chart, trace, sketch, mark out; diagram, represent, figure, Archaic. limn; delineate, depict, measure, line, strike out.