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| Main Entry: | scenario |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | master plan; sequence of events |
| Synonyms: | book, outline, plot, résumé, rundown, scheme, sketch, summary, synopsis, pages, sides, story line |
| Main Entry: | proposal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suggestion, presentation for action |
| Synonyms: | angle, bid, design, feeler*, game plan*, idea, layout, motion, offer, outline, overture, pass, picture, pitch, plan, proffer, program, project, proposition, recommendation, scenario, scheme, setup, tender, terms, big idea, brain child |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ruse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick, deception |
| Synonyms: | angle, artifice, blind, booby trap*, deceit, device, dodge, feint, gambit, game, game plan*, gimmick, hoax, imposture, maneuver, ploy, scenario, sham, shenanigans*, shift, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, switch*, twist*, wile, curveball, jig |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strategem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, artifice, bit*, booby trap*, con, deception, device, dodge, feint, gambit, game, game plan*, gimmick, grift, intrigue, layout, maneuver, method, pitch, plan, play, plot, ploy, pretext, proposition, racket, ruse, scenario, scene, scheme, setup, shift, slant, stall, story, subterfuge, switch, twist, wile, brainchild |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | game plan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thought out strategy |
| Synonyms: | approach, blueprint, design, scenario, scheme, strategy, tactics, strategic plan, tactical plan, working plan |
| Main Entry: | stratagem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, artifice, bit, booby trap, child, con, deception, device, dodge, feint, gambit, game, game plan, gimmick, grift, intrigue, layout, maneuver, method, one-upmanship, pitch, plan, play, plot, ploy, pretext, proposition, racket, ruse, scenario, scene, scheme, setup, shift, slant, stall, story, subterfuge, switch, twist, wile, brainchild, gamesmanship, little game |
| Main Entry: | plan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scheme, design, way of doing things |
| Synonyms: | aim, angle, animus, arrangement, big picture*, contrivance, deal, device, disposition, expedient, game plan, gimmick, idea, intent, intention, layout, machination, meaning, means, method, outline, pattern, picture, platform, plot, policy, procedure, program, project, projection, proposal, proposition, purpose, scenario, stratagem, strategy, suggestion, system, tactics, treatment, trick, undertaking, course of action, ground plan, orderliness |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | story line |
| Synonyms: | action, design, development, enactment, movement, narrative, outline, picture, progress, scenario, scene, scheme, story, structure, subject, suspense, theme, thread, events, incidents, unfolding |
| Main Entry: | scheme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plot, maneuver to get result |
| Synonyms: | action, angle*, cabal, conspiracy, dodge*, game, game plan*, gimmick, hustle, hype*, intrigue, layout, machination, picture*, pitch, ploy, practice, proposition, ruse, scenario, scene, setup, shift*, story, stratagem, subterfuge, tactics, trick*, twist*, brainchild, covin, frame-up, hookup, put-up job |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | script |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | story for a performance |
| Synonyms: | article, book, copy, dialogue, manuscript, scenario, text, words, libretto, lines, playbook, typescript |
| Main Entry: | design |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intention |
| Synonyms: | action, aim, angle, animus, big picture*, brainchild, child*, conation, conspiracy, deliberation, end, enterprise, game plan*, gimmick, goal, intendment, intrigue, lay of the land, machination, meaning, notion, object, objective, picture, pitch, plan, play, plot, point, project, proposition, purport, purpose, recipe, reflection, scenario, scene, schema, scheme, setup, story, target, thinking, thought, trick, undertaking, view, volition, what's cooking, will |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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