| Main Entry: | arrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make plans, often involving agreement |
Synonyms: |
adapt, adjust, agree to, blueprint, chart, come to terms, compromise, concert, construct, contrive, decide, design, determine, devise, direct, draft, establish, frame*, get act together, get ready, hammer out a deal, harmonize, iron out, lay out, line up, make a connection, make ready, manage, map out, negotiate, organize, prepare, project, promote, provide, pull a wire, pull things together, quarterback, resolve, schedule, scheme, set stage, settle, shape up, tailor, work out, work out a deal |
Antonyms: |
disorganize, not plan |
| Main Entry: | block out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan course |
Synonyms: |
arrange, chart, map out, outline, prepare, sketch |
| Main Entry: | draw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create a likeness in a picture |
Synonyms: |
caricature, chart, compose, crayon, delineate, depict, describe, design, draft, engrave, etch, express, form, formulate, frame, graph, limn, map out, mark, model, outline, paint, pencil, portray, prepare, profile, sketch, trace, write |
| Main Entry: | frame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compose, plan |
Synonyms: |
block out, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up, design, devise, draft, draw up, dream up, form, formulate, hatch, indite, invent, make, make up, map out, outline, prepare, shape, sketch, vamp, write |
| Main Entry: | pioneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invent; lay the groundwork |
Synonyms: |
begin, colonize, create, develop, discover, establish, explore, found, go out in front, initiate, instigate, institute, launch, map out, open up, originate, prepare, show the way, spearhead*, start, take the lead, trailblaze |
| Main Entry: | program |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan out; supply instructions |
Synonyms: |
arrange, bill, book, budget, calculate, compile, compute, design, draft, edit, engage, enter, estimate, feed, figure, formulate, get on line, itemize, lay on, lay out, line up, list, map out, pencil in, poll, prearrange, prioritize, process, register, schedule, set, set up, slate, work out |
Antonyms: |
forget, neglect |
| Main Entry: | project |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan |
Synonyms: |
arrange, blueprint, calculate, cast, chart, conceive, contemplate, contrive, delineate, design, devise, diagram, draft, envisage, envision, estimate, extrapolate, feature, forecast, frame, gauge, image, imagine, intend, map out, outline, predetermine, predict, propose, purpose, reckon, scheme, see, think, vision, visualize |
| Main Entry: | sketch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw, outline |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, block out, blueprint*, chalk, characterize, chart, delineate, depict, describe, design, detail, develop, diagram, doodle, draft, lay out, line, map out, paint, plan, plot, portray, represent, rough out, skeleton, skeletonize, trace |
| Notes: | though both a sketch and skit are short entertaining presentations, a sketch is usually serious and unrehearsed, while a skit is typically rehearsed and comical |