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planning - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | planning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation |
| Synonyms: | outlining, plan, devising |
| Main Entry: | plan |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think out; prepare in advance |
| Synonyms: | arrange, bargain for, block out, blueprint, brainstorm*, calculate, concoct, conspire, contemplate, contrive, cook up*, craft, design, devise, draft, engineer, form, formulate, frame, hatch*, intrigue, invent, map, meditate, organize, outline, plot, project, ready, represent, scheme, shape, sketch, steer, trace, work out, figure on, figure out, fix to, lay in provisions, line up, make arrangements, quarterback, reckon on, rough in*, set out |
| Notes: | an elevation is a two-dimensional scale drawing of something as if one were viewing it from one side; a section is a two-dimensional scale drawing of one part or detail of an object or structure; and a plan is a two-dimensional scale drawing showing the view of an object or structure as if one were looking down on it from above |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plan |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intend, mean |
| Synonyms: | aim, bargain for*, contemplate, count on, design, envisage, foresee, mind, propose, purpose, have every intention, reckon on* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forecast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prediction, often of weather or business |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, augury, budget, calculation, cast, conjecture, divination, estimate, foreknowledge, foresight, forethought, guess, outlook, planning, precognition, prescience, prognosis, projection, prophecy, foreseeing, foretelling, foretoken, prevision, prognostication |
| Main Entry: | forethought |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental preparedness |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, caution, deliberation, discretion, foresight, gumption, judgment, planning, precaution, premeditation, providence, provision, prudence, sense, canniness, discreetness, far-sightedness |
| Antonyms: | hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | logistics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management |
| Synonyms: | engineering, organization, planning, strategy, coordination, masterminding, plans, systematization |
| Main Entry: | strategy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan of action |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, approach, artifice, blueprint*, craft, cunning, design, game, game plan*, gimmick, layout, method, plan, planning, policy, procedure, program, project, proposition, racket*, scenario, scene, scheme, setup, slant, story, subtlety, system, tactics, brainchild, grand design, maneuvering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | making |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imagination |
| Synonyms: | building, composition, conception, construction, designing, fabrication, origination, performing, planning, producing, production, authoring, causation, constituting, contriving, devising, fancying, fashioning, forging, formulation, occasioning, shaping |
| Main Entry: | minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disposed |
| Synonyms: | convinced, decided, desirous, determined, disposed, inclined, liking, planning, willing, aiming at, aspiring to, contemplating, intending, leaning toward, purposing, resolved, settled on, thinking of |
| Antonyms: | disinclined, undetermined, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | outlining |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sketching |
| Synonyms: | designing, drawing, planning, projecting, aligning, banding, bounding, charting, circumscribing, delimiting, delineating, delineating, depicting, diagramming, drafting, drawing up, girdling, mapping, plotting, tracing |
| Main Entry: | architecture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | design of buildings |
| Synonyms: | building, construction, engineering, planning, architectonics |
| Main Entry: | construction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation, building |
| Synonyms: | architecture, arrangement, assembly, build, cast, composition, conception, constitution, contour, cut, development, disposition, edifice, elevation, fabric, fabrication, figuration, figure, form, format, formation, foundation, improvisation, invention, makeup, making, manufacture, mold, origination, outline, plan, planning, shape, structure, system, turn, type, erecting, erection, fabricating, prefab, prefabrication, putting up, raising, rearing, roadwork, systematization |
| Antonyms: | destruction, disorganization, ruin, ruins, disfigurement |
| Main Entry: | organization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrangement, arranging |
| Synonyms: | alignment, assembly, composition, configuration, conformation, constitution, construction, design, disposal, format, formation, framework, harmony, institution, making, management, method, methodology, organism, pattern, plan, planning, regulation, running, situation, standard, standardization, structure, symmetry, system, unity, whole, assembling, chemistry, coordination, forming, formulation, grouping, make-up, organizing, structuring |
| Antonyms: | disorganization |
| Main Entry: | method |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | order, pattern |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, classification, design, form, organization, plan, planning, purpose, regularity, structure, system, orderliness |
| Main Entry: | engineering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the science of applying power to use |
| Synonyms: | architecture, design, planning, structure, blueprinting, installations, metallurgy, structures, surveying |
| Main Entry: | calculation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forethought |
| Synonyms: | caution, contrivance, deliberation, discretion, foresight, planning, precaution, prudence, thought, canniness, circumspection |
| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | point or direct at a goal |
| Synonyms: | address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set one's sights on, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in |
| Main Entry: | angle for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to get |
| Synonyms: | connive, conspire, contrive, fish for, hint, hunt, invite, maneuver, plan, plot, scheme, seek, solicit, strive, aim for, be after, cast about for, look for, try for |
| Main Entry: | brainstorm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | problem-solve |
| Synonyms: | analyze, conceive, conceptualize, conjure up, create, deliberate, dream up, invent, plan, ponder, think, put heads together, rack brains, share ideas |
| Main Entry: | calculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan on |
| Synonyms: | aim, anticipate, assume, bank on, build, count on, design, intend, judge, plan, reckon, suppose, trust, depend on, rely on, think likely |
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