Antonyms for plan
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : plan |
| Phonetic Transcription : plæn |
Definition of plan
Origin :- 1670s as a technical term in perspective drawing; 1706 as "drawing, sketch, or diagram of any object," from French plan "ground plan, map," literally "plane surface" (mid-16c.), from Latin planum "level or flat surface," noun use of adjective planus "level, flat" (see plane (n.1)). The notion is of "a drawing on a flat surface." Meaning "scheme of action, design" is first recorded 1706, possibly influenced by French planter "to plant," from Italian planta "ground plan."
- noun scheme, design, way of doing things
- noun written description; diagram
- verb think out; prepare in advance
- verb intend, mean
- Your brother, in short, has given a plan that captivates us all.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The plan of this steam-navigation is now about ten years old.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- But from the outset the plan was received with universal favor.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- We respect you just as much, but not to plan things for the rest of us.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- My plan was to reduce each man's ration of flower from 7lbs.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- "That plan will work in two ways," said Mrs. Roberts, gleefully.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- It is a fool's plan to teach a man to be a cur in peace, and think that he will be a lion in war.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- She was rather staggered, however, when she found what Hester's plan for the intruders was.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- This, however, is not the logical way in which to plan meals.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- The youth pondered, and drew a plan amongst the rushes with the point of his staff.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
Synonyms for plan
- agenda
- agendum
- aim
- angle
- animus
- arrange
- arrangement
- bargain for
- big picture
- block out
- blueprint
- brainstorm
- calculate
- chart
- concoct
- conspire
- contemplate
- contrivance
- contrive
- cook up
- count on
- course of action
- craft
- deal
- delineation
- design
- device
- devise
- disposition
- draft
- drawing
- engineer
- envisage
- expedient
- figure on
- figure out
- fix to
- foresee
- form
- formulate
- frame
- game plan
- gimmick
- ground plan
- hatch
- have every intention
- idea
- illustration
- intent
- intention
- intrigue
- invent
- lay in provisions
- layout
- line up
- machination
- make arrangements
- map
- meaning
- means
- meditate
- method
- mind
- orderliness
- organize
- outline
- pattern
- picture
- platform
- plot
- policy
- procedure
- program
- project
- projection
- proposal
- propose
- proposition
- prospectus
- purpose
- quarterback
- ready
- reckon on
- represent
- representation
- road map
- rough draft
- rough in
- scale drawing
- scenario
- scheme
- set out
- shape
- sketch
- steer
- stratagem
- strategy
- suggestion
- system
- tactics
- time line
- trace
- treatment
- trick
- undertaking
- view
- work out
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