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noun as in journey, excursion

Strongest matches

Strong matches

• peregrination

noun as in error, blunder

• indiscretion

Weak matches

verb as in fall, err

• miscalculate
• go headlong
• lose balance
• lose footing
• make a faux pas

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Example sentences.

The show will also include documenting the winner’s ISS trip, including their launch and 10-day space station stay, as well as their return journey and landing.

They’re waterproof, which makes them good for whitewater trips, too.

Some said, “That’ll be the trip of your life,” while others noted, “That place will change you.”

It’s here that my parents told me to take a trip to the village to search for these answers on my own.

Case would even offer to fly out promising and hard-to-reach startups to have them join the trip.

Finding the shop is a trip in itself and an introduction to a slice of history.

Anthony Goldstein probably chose a trip to the Quidditch World Cup over his Birthright trip to Israel.

After my first trip to his place in Tucson we called one another on the telephone.

“During this trip, I did as a lone wolf, I risked a lot,” he said.

My trip takes the reverse path, and I begin by assessing the depth of my Shakespeare knowledge in his birthplace.

The Comet started on her first trip up the Arkansas, being the first steam boat that ascended that river.

Liszt has returned from his trip, and I have played to him twice this week, and am to go again on Monday.

But Punch was five; and he knew that going to England would be much nicer than a trip to Nassick.

The Italian trip was discussed, and considerable ignorance of geography was, as is usual, manifested by all present.

I knowed, a-course, that I could go kick up a fuss when Simpson stopped by his office on his trip back from Goldstone.

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Words related to trip are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word trip . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

noun as in lsd trip

noun as in special interest or pursuit

• entertainment
• undertaking

noun as in risky or unexpected undertaking

• contingency
• endangerment
• speculation

noun as in embarrassing mistake

• impropriety

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On this page you'll find 158 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to trip, such as: cruise, expedition, foray, jaunt, outing, and run.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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Example sentences plan a trip

So if you've been inspired, why not plan a trip to see the setting?

Users can also plan their trip to the beach by typing a postcode or town into the app's search function.

Get in touch with friends you still email and text but haven't seen in years and perhaps plan a trip to visit them soon.

So plan a trip in advance and mark it on your calendar to maximise the good vibes.

But the game was up when within six months of being together, they decided to plan a trip around the world.

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Definition of 'trip' trip

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• plan a route
• plan a schedule
• plan a strategy
• plan a trip
• plan a wedding
• plan a weekend
• plan accordingly
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Synonyms for Plan:

• arrangements
• be going to do something
• have big ideas/plans
• undertaking
• architectural
• architecture
• civil engineering
• engineering
• landscape architecture
• Systemization
• systematization
• block graph
• cross-section
• personalise
• in the works
• where is heading
• where is headings
• where one is headings
• architectural plan
• in novation
• in novations
• in-novation
• mathematics
• measurement
• multiplication
• presumption
• quantification
• supposition
• triangulation
• cogitatings
• concentratings
• considerings
• de liberating
• de-liberating
• deliberatings
• envisagings
• ex planation
• ex planations
• ex-planations
• ex-position
• ex-positions
• meditatings
• mental grasps
• philosophizings
• re presentation
• re presentations
• re-presentations
• speculatings
• carrying ons
• in tendance
• in tendances
• in-tendance
• in-tendances
• intendances
• over sights
• over-sights
• super vision
• super visions
• super-vision
• super-visions
• trans action
• trans actions
• trans-action
• trans-actions
• fabricatings
• pre fabrication
• pre fabrications
• pre-fabrication
• pre-fabrications
• prefabrications
• putting ups
• de liberation
• de liberations
• de-liberation
• de-liberations
• re flection
• re flections
• re-flection
• re-flections
• follow throughs
• de lineation
• de lineations
• de-lineation
• de-lineations
• lay of land
• lay the land
• under taking
• under-taking
• under-takings
• what cooking
• what cookings
• what's cookings
• whats cooking
• whats cookings
• chapter verse
• circumstantialities
• meat potatoes
• minor points
• nittygritty
• clever moves
• cunningnesses
• re commendation
• re commendations
• re-commendation
• re-commendations
• sealed orders
• dis position
• dis positions
• dis-position
• dis-positions
• Water color
• illustration
• masterpiece
• pet projects
• frame reference
• Festivities
• object of ridicule
• re-creation
• re-creations
• apriorities
• hypo thesis
• hypo-thesis
• pre supposition
• pre suppositions
• pre-supposition
• pre-suppositions
• shot in dark
• shot the dark
• starting points
• tentative laws
• inspiration
• observation
• in formation
• instruction
• instructions
• direction(s)
• name the game
• expectation
• forethought
• doubledealing
• little games
• fancy footworks
• ground plan
• topographical depiction
• Five Year Plan
• Five Year Plans
• five-year plans
• fiveyear plan
• fiveyear plans
• master-plan
• methodology
• codification
• codifications
• circumference
• configuration
• delineation
• representation
• anticipation
• contrivance
• premeditation
• approaching
• foregone conclusion
• predetermination
• getting ready
• incubations
• making ready
• putting in order
• substructure
• substructures
• irons in fire
• gamesmanship
• table of contents
• scale drawing
• set one sights on
• set ones sights on
• set sights on
• sets one sights on
• sets one's sights on
• sets ones sights on
• sets sights on
• setting one sights on
• setting one's sights on
• setting ones sights on
• setting sights on
• zeroed in on
• zeroes in on
• zeroing in on
• being after
• casting about for
• casting for
• casts about for
• de liberate
• de liberated
• de liberates
• de-liberate
• de-liberated
• de-liberates
• puts heads together
• putting heads together
• racked brains
• racking brains
• racks brains
• shared ideas
• shares ideas
• sharing ideas
• approximate
• triangulate
• decide up on
• decided up on
• decides up on
• decides upon
• deciding up on
• deciding upon
• gives parts
• giving parts
• dis covered
• dis covering
• dis-covered
• dis-covering
• slapped together
• slapping together
• slaps together
• threw together
• throwing together
• throws together
• hitting up on
• hitting upon
• played games
• plays games
• trumping up
• bring in to being
• bring in to existence
• bringing in to being
• bringing in to existence
• bringing into being
• bringing into existence
• brings in to being
• brings in to existence
• brings into being
• brings into existence
• brought in to being
• brought in to existence
• caused to be
• causes to be
• causing to be
• gave life to
• gives life to
• giving birth to
• giving life to
• pro created
• pro creates
• pro creating
• pro-created
• pro-creates
• pro-creating
• headed trip
• heading trip
• thinking up
• de lineated
• de-lineated
• skeletoning
• pulled strings
• pulled wires
• pulling strings
• pulling wires
• pulls strings
• pulls wires
• puts one on
• puts one over
• puts through
• putting one over
• putting over
• putting through
• super intend
• super intended
• super intending
• super intends
• super vised
• super vising
• super-intend
• super-intended
• super-intending
• super-intends
• super-vised
• calculated roughly
• calculates roughly
• calculating roughly
• formed opinion
• forming opinion
• forms opinion
• guesstimates
• guesstimating
• looked up on
• looking up on
• looking upon
• looks up on
• sets a figure
• sets figure
• setting a figure
• setting figure
• thinking through
• thinks through
• knocking together
• knocks together
• called the turn
• called turn
• calling the turn
• calling turn
• calls the turn
• figures out
• fore casting
• fore seeing
• fore telling
• fore-casting
• fore-telling
• inned cards
• inned the cards
• inning cards
• inning the cards
• ins the cards
• pre determine
• pre determined
• pre determines
• pre determining
• pre-determine
• pre-determined
• pre-determines
• pre-determining
• saw it coming
• seeing coming
• seeing it coming
• sees coming
• sees it coming
• tele graphed
• tele graphing
• tele-graphed
• tele-graphing
• in sinuated
• in sinuates
• in sinuating
• in-sinuates
• in-sinuating
• making waves
• putting up to
• rabble rouse
• rabble roused
• rabble rouses
• rabble rousing
• rabble-roused
• rabble-rouses
• rabblerouse
• rabbleroused
• rabblerouses
• rabblerousing
• am in cahoots
• are cahoots
• are in cahoots
• art cahoots
• art in cahoots
• being cahoots
• being in cahoots
• is in cahoots
• was cahoots
• was in cahoots
• wast cahoots
• wast in cahoots
• were cahoots
• were in cahoots
• wert cahoots
• wert in cahoots
• work hand glove
• worked hand glove
• worked hand in glove
• working hand glove
• working hand in glove
• works hand glove
• works hand in glove
• wrought hand glove
• wrought hand in glove
• bringing forward
• brings forward
• in stalling
• in-stalling
• intro duces
• intro-duces
• kicking off
• off the cuffed
• off the cuffing
• off the cuffs
• off-the-cuffed
• off-the-cuffing
• off-the-cuffs
• tossing off
• pre destine
• pre destined
• pre destines
• pre destining
• pre ordained
• pre ordaining
• pre ordains
• pre-destine
• pre-destined
• pre-destines
• pre-destining
• pre-ordained
• pre-ordaining
• pre-ordains
• brooded over
• brooding over
• broods over
• entertained idea
• entertaining idea
• entertains idea
• mulled over
• put thinking cap
• puts on thinking cap
• puts thinking cap
• putting on thinking cap
• putting thinking cap
• puzzled over
• puzzles over
• puzzling over
• said oneself
• said to oneself
• say oneself
• saying oneself
• saying to oneself
• says oneself
• says to oneself
• thinks deeply
• thinks over
• thought deeply
• headed out for
• heading out for
• heads out for
• laid course
• laid the course
• laying course
• laying the course
• lays course
• lays the course
• subordinate
• circumscribe

Other synonyms:

• Intellectualize
• choreograph
• contingency
• exit strategy
• formulation
• grapple with
• house of cards
• individualize
• lay a course
• machinations
• master plan
• modus operandi
• orderliness
• organization
• preliminary
• preparation
• programming
• quarterback
• specification
• stewardship
• think ahead
• accommodations
• construction
• housekeeping
• play around
• reckon with
• stage-manage
• personalize

Other relevant words:

• Endeavoring
• Skeletonize
• Telegraphed
• Telegraphing
• approximation
• be in cahoots
• blueprinted
• blueprinting
• bring forward
• brought forward
• calculate roughly
• calculation
• call the turn
• cast about for
• checked over
• computation
• decide upon
• decided upon
• determination
• diagramming
• entertain idea
• enumeration
• figured out
• form opinion
• get act together
• give the once over
• guesstimate
• guesstimated
• have a mind to
• have every intention
• have in view
• in the cards
• looked into
• looked over
• looked upon
• looking for
• looking over
• make uniform
• make up mind
• make up one's mind
• makes waves
• making up one's mind
• mapping out
• masterminding
• mulling over
• play by ear
• playing games
• premeditate
• pull strings
• pull together
• pulling together
• put heads together
• put on thinking cap
• put one over
• put through
• putting one on
• puzzle over
• rabble-rouse
• rabble-rousing
• rack brains
• running over
• say to oneself
• schematized
• schematizes
• schematizing
• see it coming
• set a figure
• set one's sights on
• share ideas
• slap together
• staking out
• steaming up
• stirring up
• straighten up
• straightened up
• straightens up
• systematize
• test the waters
• think deeply
• think through
• thinking deeply
• thinking over
• thought over
• thought through
• throw together
• tightened up
• tightens up
• ushering in
• work hand in glove
• work toward
• working toward
• aspire after
• contemplation
• inclination
• depended on
• think likely
• Instituting
• bring into being
• bring into existence
• brought into being
• brought into existence
• cause to be
• gave birth to
• give birth to
• give life to
• gives birth to
• knock together
• build castles in air
• fantasizing
• see in one's mind
• thinking of
• aspiring to
• be determined
• be resolved
• has in mind
• have in mind
• look forward
• looking forward
• setting apart
• setting aside
• setting out
• head out for
• lay the course
• Cataloguing
• Formalizing
• Regimenting
• normalizing
• put to rights
• regularized
• regularizes
• regularizing
• set guidelines
• set in order
• sorting out
• streamlines
• streamlining
• laying down
• lay the groundwork
• make provision
• put in order
• puts in order
• smooth the way
• take measure of
• take the measure of
• be effective
• come to terms
• coming to terms
• get something done
• reach agreement
• Chronologies
• Circumstantiality
• Cunningness
• Double dealing
• Formularization
• Philosophies
• Re-presentation
• Technicalities
• adumbration
• arrangement
• brain child
• chemistries
• clever move
• co-ordination
• consideration
• constellation
• constellations
• coordination
• coordinations
• course of action
• deflections
• dispensation
• disposition
• enterprises
• fancy footwork
• fine points
• fitting out
• five-year plan
• formulations
• frame of reference
• generalship
• generalships
• grand design
• happenin'
• intellection
• intellections
• intendments
• little game
• maneuverings
• mental grasp
• minor point
• name of game
• necessary acts
• nitty gritty
• nitty-gritty
• nuts and bolts
• oblique course
• order of events
• order of the day
• pet project
• plan of attack
• point of sail
• prearrangement
• prearrangements
• prefabrication
• progression
• proposition
• rough draft
• sealed order
• series of events
• starting point
• stewardships
• structuring
• tentative law
• the numbers
• things to do
• ulterior motive
• what's cooking
• where one is heading
• where one's headed
• why and wherefore
• bargain for
• contemplate
• knocked together
• lay in provisions
• make arrangements
• orchestrate
• predetermine
• rationalize

What are the paraphrases for Plan?

Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:, reverse entailment.

• Proper noun, singular masterplan .

Independent

• Proper noun, plural Grants , levels , DPS .
• Proper noun, singular map , planner , program , Municipalities , Territories , shares , expenses , Associations , LINEs , Maps , Measures , Physicians , Programs , Specialists , Workshops , challenges , allowances , methods , posts , aims , positions , improvements , donations , gifts , issues , results , options , modalities , questions , candidates , planes , matters , components , hazards , requirements , DSS , DUES , stakeholders , roadmap , commissioners .
• Noun, singular or mass map , planner , plant , program , regimen , standpoint , timetable , Fora , roadmap , work-plan .
• Verb, past tense addressed , agreed , announced , decided , directed , needed , predicted , required , said , wanted , Had , Rated , Responded , Targeted .
• Verb, gerund or present participle advancing , going , hanging , leading , resulting , seeking , speaking , trying , tumbling , Delivering , Initiating , Pertaining , Plotting , Proposing .
• Verb, past participle approved , balanced , called , committed , completed , concerned , designed , detailed , determined , expanded , identified , inclined , integrated , known , needed , outlined , predetermined , scheduled , Meant , Undertaken , Worked , programmed , phased .
• Verb, non-3rd person singular present are , foresee , intend , map , program .
• Verb, 3rd person singular present falls , Does , Comes , Measures , takes , serves , supports , continues , relates , rules , wishes , intends , proposes , envisages , foresees , wants , REVS .
• Verb, base form foresee , intend , lay , map , organized , plant , program , Enacted , Measures .

Other Related

• Adjective planned .
• Proper noun, singular blueprint , plane , planned , planning , plano , regime , blueprints .
• Noun, singular or mass blueprint , footing , planar , plane , planned , planning , regime .
• Verb, past tense approved , identified , regime .
• Verb, gerund or present participle staging .
• Verb, non-3rd person singular present regime , roadmap .
• Verb, 3rd person singular present regime , identifies .

What are the hypernyms for Plan?

Hypernyms for plan (as nouns).

• cognition project , regime , scheme , docket , outline , pension plan , master plan , plan of action , projection , schedule , agenda , audit program , employee savings plan , pension account , road map , design , retirement account , audit programme , stock purchase plan , retirement savings account , pattern , guideline , retirement savings plan , blueprint , retirement program , retirement plan , budget , schema , regimen .

hypernyms for plan (as verbs)

• cognition intend , chart , mastermind , scheme , destine , project , organize , orchestrate , organise , propose , compose , draw up , schedule , specify , frame , engineer , designate , direct , lay out , plot .

What are the hyponyms for Plan?

Hyponyms for plan (as nouns).

• cognition thought , idea .

hyponyms for plan (as verbs)

• cognition cogitate , think , cerebrate .

What are the opposite words for plan ?

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings to each other. The antonyms for the word "plan" include disorder, disorganization, chaos, confusion, and spontaneity. These words highlight the opposite of planning which is the absence of a structured arrangement or strategy. Disorder refers to a situation where things are not in order or not arranged in a proper manner. Disorganization indicates a lack of organization or a failure to structure things in a proper and systematic way. Chaos refers to an extremely messy and disordered state of affairs, while confusion indicates a lack of understanding or a feeling of being lost. Spontaneity refers to doing something without prior planning or preparation.

What are the antonyms for Plan?

• fender-bender
• fender-benders
• fenderbender
• fenderbenders
• mis adventure
• mis adventures
• mis fortune
• mis fortunes
• mis-adventure
• mis-adventures
• mis-fortune
• mis-fortunes
• misfortunes
• rear enders
• coincidence
• Opportunities
• craps games
• even chance
• even chances
• fall of card
• fall of cards
• fall of the card
• fall of the cards
• fall the card
• heads or tail
• heads or tails
• heads tails
• in the card
• liabilities
• peradventure
• peradventures
• stroke luck
• throw of dice
• throw of the dice
• throw the dice
• turn of card
• turn of cards
• turn of the card
• turn of the cards
• turn the card
• turn the cards
• way cookie crumble
• way cookie crumbles
• way the cookie crumble
• way the cookie crumbles
• wheel fortune
• supervention
• where it at
• where it ats
• where it's ats
• where its at
• where its ats
• co incidence
• co incidences
• co-incidence
• co-incidences
• concomitance
• concomitances
• happy accident
• happy accidents
• synchronisms
• cross roads
• cross-roads
• if it cools
• if it's cool
• if it's cools
• if its cools
• un certainties
• un certainty
• un-certainties
• un-certainty
• dis jointedness
• dis jointednesses
• dis organization
• dis organizations
• dis solution
• dis solutions
• dis-jointedness
• dis-jointednesses
• dis-organization
• dis-organizations
• dis-solution
• dis-solutions
• disjointedness
• disjointednesses
• in coherence
• in coherences
• in-coherence
• in-coherences
• rat's nest
• rat's nests
• un connectedness
• un connectednesses
• un-connectedness
• un-connectednesses
• unconnectedness
• unconnectednesses
• unholy mess
• unholy messes
• conjuncture
• conjunctures
• after effect
• after maths
• after-maths
• aftereffect
• possibility
• good fortune
• odd chances
• fifty fifties
• fifty fifty
• fifty-fifties
• fifty-fifty
• fiftyfifties
• good breaks
• lucked in to
• lucked inti
• lucked into
• lucked outs
• roll of dice
• roll of the dice
• run of luck
• streak luck
• streak of luck
• way ball bounce
• way ball bounces
• way the ball bounce
• way the ball bounces
• Uncertainties
• outside chance
• outside chances
• hundred to one
• hundred to ones
• hundred-to-one
• hundred-to-ones
• risky business
• double trouble
• double troubles
• double-trouble
• double-troubles
• doubletrouble
• doubletroubles
• in securities
• in security
• in-securities
• in-security
• on the line
• on the spot
• out on limb
• pre cariousness
• pre cariousnesses
• pre-cariousness
• achievabilities
• achievability
• attainableness
• attainablenesses
• likelinesses
• practicabilities
• practicability
• latest wrinkle
• latest wrinkles
• newest wrinkle
• newest wrinkles
• up the minute
• up to minute
• up to the minute
• liablenesses
• disorganization
• circumstance
• eventuality
• passing thought
• passing thoughts
• spake extemporaneously
• spake impromptu
• spake off cuff
• spake off the cuff
• spake the cuff
• speak extemporaneously
• speak impromptu
• speak off cuff
• speak off the cuff
• speak the cuff
• speaking cuff
• speaking extemporaneously
• speaking impromptu
• speaking off cuff
• speaking off the cuff
• speaking the cuff
• speaks cuff
• speaks extemporaneously
• speaks impromptu
• speaks off cuff
• speaks off the cuff
• speaks the cuff
• spoke extemporaneously
• spoke impromptu
• spoke off cuff
• spoke off the cuff
• spoke the cuff
• am one fate
• am one's fate
• am ones fate
• are one fate
• are one's fate
• are ones fate
• art one's fate
• art ones fate
• be one fate
• be one's fate
• be ones fate
• being one fate
• being one's fate
• being ones fate
• blundered on
• blundering on
• blunders on
• came to pass
• come to pass
• comes to pass
• coming pass
• coming to pass
• drawing lots
• fall one lot
• fall one's lot
• fall to one lot
• fall to one's lot
• fall to ones lot
• falling one lot
• falling one's lot
• falling ones lot
• falling to lot
• falling to one lot
• falling to one's lot
• falling to ones lot
• falls one lot
• falls one's lot
• falls ones lot
• falls to one lot
• falls to one's lot
• falls to ones lot
• fell one lot
• fell one's lot
• fell ones lot
• fell to lot
• fell to one lot
• fell to one's lot
• fell to ones lot
• go out a limb
• go out limb
• go out on a limb
• goes out a limb
• goes out limb
• goes out on a limb
• goes out on limb
• going out a limb
• going out limb
• going out on a limb
• going out on limb
• had a fling at
• had fling at
• haddest a fling at
• haddest fling at
• hadst a fling at
• hadst fling at
• has a fling at
• has fling at
• hast a fling at
• hast fling at
• hath a fling at
• hath fling at
• have a fling at
• have fling at
• having a fling at
• having fling at
• is one fate
• is one's fate
• is ones fate
• lighted up on
• lighted upon
• lighting up on
• lighting upon
• lights up on
• lights upon
• play with fire
• played with fire
• playing with fire
• plays with fire
• put eggs basket
• put eggs in basket
• put eggs in one basket
• put eggs one basket
• put it line
• put it on line
• put it on the line
• put it the line
• put on line
• put on the line
• put the line
• puts eggs basket
• puts eggs in basket
• puts eggs in one basket
• puts eggs one basket
• puts it line
• puts it on line
• puts it on the line
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• puts on line
• puts on the line
• puts the line
• putting eggs basket
• putting eggs in basket
• putting eggs in one basket
• putting eggs one basket
• putting it line
• putting it on line
• putting it on the line
• putting it the line
• putting line
• putting on line
• putting on the line
• putting the line
• ran the risk
• roll the dice
• rolled dice
• rolled the dice
• rolling dice
• rolling the dice
• rolls the dice
• run the risk
• running risk
• running the risk
• runs the risk
• skate on thin ice
• skate thin ice
• skated on thin ice
• skated thin ice
• skates on thin ice
• skates thin ice
• skating on thin ice
• skating thin ice
• stick neck out
• stick one neck out
• stick one's neck out
• stick ones neck out
• sticked neck out
• sticked one neck out
• sticked one's neck out
• sticked ones neck out
• sticking neck out
• sticking one neck out
• sticking one's neck out
• sticking ones neck out
• sticks neck out
• sticks one neck out
• sticks one's neck out
• sticks ones neck out
• stuck neck out
• stuck one neck out
• stuck one's neck out
• stuck ones neck out
• stumbled on
• stumbles on
• stumbling on
• take shot dark
• take shot in dark
• take shot in the dark
• take shot the dark
• takes shot dark
• takes shot in dark
• takes shot in the dark
• takes shot the dark
• taking shot dark
• taking shot in dark
• taking shot in the dark
• taking shot the dark
• tempt fortune
• tempted fortune
• tempting fortune
• tempts fortune
• took shot dark
• took shot in dark
• took shot in the dark
• took shot the dark
• was one fate
• was ones fate
• wast one fate
• wast one's fate
• went out a limb
• went out limb
• went out on a limb
• went out on limb
• were one's fate
• were ones fate
• wert one's fate
• wert ones fate
• wildcatting
• Disarraying
• breaking down
• breaks down
• de mobilize
• de mobilized
• de mobilizes
• de mobilizing
• de stroying
• de-mobilize
• de-mobilized
• de-mobilizes
• de-mobilizing
• de-stroying
• dis arrange
• dis arranged
• dis arranges
• dis arranging
• dis arrayed
• dis arraying
• dis banding
• dis compose
• dis composed
• dis composes
• dis composing
• dis created
• dis creates
• dis creating
• dis located
• dis locates
• dis locating
• dis ordered
• dis ordering
• dis organize
• dis organized
• dis organizes
• dis organizing
• dis-arrange
• dis-arranged
• dis-arranges
• dis-arranging
• dis-arrayed
• dis-arraying
• dis-banding
• dis-compose
• dis-composed
• dis-composes
• dis-composing
• dis-created
• dis-creates
• dis-creating
• dis-located
• dis-locates
• dis-locating
• dis-ordered
• dis-ordering
• dis-organize
• dis-organized
• dis-organizes
• dis-organizing
• discreating
• mis placing
• mis-placing
• put out of order
• put out order
• puts out of order
• puts out order
• putting out of order
• putting out order
• turn topsy turvy
• turn topsy-turvy
• turn topsyturvy
• turned topsy turvy
• turned topsy-turvy
• turned topsyturvy
• turning topsy turvy
• turning topsy-turvy
• turning topsyturvy
• turns topsy turvy
• turns topsy-turvy
• turns topsyturvy
• un settling
• un-settling
• disorganize
• Improvisate
• Improvisated
• Improvisating
• dashing out
• did offhand
• didst offhand
• does offhand
• doest offhand
• doeth offhand
• doing offhand
• dost offhand
• doth offhand
• ex temporize
• ex temporized
• ex temporizes
• ex temporizing
• ex-temporize
• ex-temporized
• ex-temporizes
• ex-temporizing
• improvisates
• buck the odds
• bucked odds
• bucked the odds
• bucking odds
• bucking the odds
• bucks the odds
• cut the cards
• cuts the cards
• cutting cards
• cutting the cards
• end angered
• end angering
• end-angering
• flip the coin
• flipped coin
• flipped the coin
• flipping coin
• flipping the coin
• flips the coin
• go for broke
• goes for broke
• going for broke
• laid money on
• lay money on
• laying money on
• lays money on
• makes a bet
• making a bet
• put faith in
• put trust in
• puts faith in
• puts trust in
• putting faith in
• putting trust in
• shoot the moon
• shoot the works
• shoot works
• shooting moon
• shooting the moon
• shooting the works
• shooting works
• shoots moon
• shoots the moon
• shoots the works
• shoots works
• shot the moon
• shot the works
• take a flyer
• takes a flyer
• takes flyer
• taking a flyer
• taking flyer
• took a flyer
• tried one luck
• tried one's luck
• tried ones luck
• tries one luck
• tries one's luck
• tries ones luck
• trust to luck
• trusted luck
• trusted to luck
• trusting luck
• trusting to luck
• trusts luck
• trusts to luck
• try one luck
• try one's luck
• try ones luck
• trying luck
• trying one luck
• trying one's luck
• trying ones luck
• went for broke
• dashing off
• did off top head
• did off top of head
• did top head
• did top of head
• didst off top head
• didst off top of head
• didst top head
• didst top of head
• do off top head
• do off top of head
• do top head
• do top of head
• does off top head
• does off top of head
• does top head
• does top of head
• doest off top head
• doest off top of head
• doest top head
• doest top of head
• doeth off top head
• doeth off top of head
• doeth top head
• doeth top of head
• doing off top head
• doing off top of head
• doing top head
• doing top of head
• dost off top head
• dost off top of head
• dost top head
• dost top of head
• doth off top head
• doth off top of head
• doth top head
• doth top of head
• extemporize
• slapdashing
• am careless
• are careless
• art careless
• be careless
• being careless
• chancing it
• laid on the line
• laid the line
• lay on line
• lay on the line
• laying line
• laying on line
• laying on the line
• laying the line
• lays on line
• lays on the line
• lays the line
• put at risk
• put in danger
• put in jeopardy
• puts in danger
• puts in jeopardy
• puts jeopardy
• putting at risk
• putting danger
• putting in danger
• putting in jeopardy
• subjected to
• subjecting to
• subjects to
• was careless
• wast careless
• were careless
• wert careless
• Adventuring
• am caught short
• are caught short
• art caught short
• be caught short
• being caught short
• defied danger
• defies danger
• defy danger
• defying danger
• expose danger
• expose to danger
• exposed danger
• exposed to danger
• exposes danger
• exposing danger
• go out depth
• go out of depth
• go out of one depth
• go out of one's depth
• go out one depth
• go out one's depth
• go out ones depth
• goes out depth
• goes out of depth
• goes out of one depth
• goes out of one's depth
• goes out one depth
• goes out one's depth
• goes out ones depth
• going out depth
• going out of depth
• going out of one depth
• going out of ones depth
• going out one depth
• going out one's depth
• going out ones depth
• hang by thread
• hanged by a thread
• hanged by thread
• hanging by thread
• hangs by a thread
• hangs by thread
• hung by a thread
• hung by thread
• is caught short
• jeopardying
• leap before looking
• leaped before looking
• leaping before looking
• leaps before looking
• leapt before looking
• leave to luck
• leaved luck
• leaved to luck
• leaves luck
• leaving luck
• leaving to luck
• left to luck
• run the chance
• running chance
• running the chance
• runs chance
• take a header
• take header
• take plunge
• take the liberty
• takes a header
• takes header
• takes liberty
• takes plunge
• takes the liberty
• taking a header
• taking a plunge
• taking header
• taking liberty
• taking plunge
• taking the liberty
• took a header
• took a plunge
• took header
• took plunge
• was caught short
• wast caught short
• went out depth
• went out of depth
• went out of one depth
• went out of one's depth
• went out of ones depth
• went out one depth
• went out one's depth
• were caught short
• wert caught short
• staked down
• dare saying
• laying open
• made a stab at
• made stab at
• make a stab at
• make stab at
• makes a stab at
• makes stab at
• making a stab at
• making stab at
• play market
• play the market
• playing for
• playing market
• playing the market
• plays market
• plays the market
• take crack at
• disarrangement

Usage examples for Plan

Famous quotes with plan.

• It was always part of the plan to move into acting. Aaliyah
• Being on the run, having to change the way that you do business, being unable to plan in a safe and secure environment, always looking over your shoulder, knowing that some day somebody's going to knock on your door and it's going to be your last. John Abizaid
• Well I guess the plan was to write poetry and publish books and make a living from writing poetry. That was a pretty ambitious plan I guess. Robert Adamson
• I kind of had my life plan ned out for me. I'd be married at some point, have, you know, 1.5 children, and be a principal possibly one day. But I think that that was kind of my problem. I allowed myself to plan out my life and didn't let provident direction guide my life. Clay Aiken
• We're going to hear a lot of spirited discussion about the President's plan in the next few days and weeks and that's fine as long as everyone comes ready to talk and not just snipe, complain and argue. George Allen

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Synonyms of plan

• as in strategy
• as in to prepare
• as in to intend
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Thesaurus Definition of plan

 (Entry 1 of 2)

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrangement
• master plan
• ground plan
• counterplan
• counterstrategy
• contrivance
• specific(s)
• specification(s)
• name of the game
• destination

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Thesaurus Definition of plan  (Entry 2 of 2)

• scheme (out)
• choreograph
• strategize (about)
• contemplate
• premeditate
• mull (over)

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How does the noun plan contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of plan are design , plot , project , and scheme . While all these words mean "a method devised for making or doing something or achieving an end," plan always implies mental formulation and sometimes graphic representation.

When is design a more appropriate choice than plan ?

While in some cases nearly identical to plan , design often suggests a particular pattern and some degree of achieved order or harmony.

When could plot be used to replace plan ?

While the synonyms plot and plan are close in meaning, plot implies a laying out in clearly distinguished sections with attention to their relations and proportions.

When is it sensible to use project instead of plan ?

In some situations, the words project and plan are roughly equivalent. However, project often stresses imaginative scope and vision.

Where would scheme be a reasonable alternative to plan ?

The synonyms scheme and plan are sometimes interchangeable, but scheme stresses calculation of the end in view and may apply to a plan motivated by craftiness and self-interest.

Phrases Containing plan

• installment plan

Thesaurus Entries Near plan

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“Plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plan. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.

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Definition of trip noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• Did you have a good trip?
• We went on a trip to the mountains.
• a boat/coach/bus trip
• a business/school/shopping trip
• a fishing/camping trip
• They took a trip down the river.
• We had to make several trips to bring all the equipment over.
• Jack made a return trip (= another visit to the same place) later that year.
• The return trip (= back to the place where you started) on the bike was much easier and quicker than the outbound trip.
• He went with her on her overseas trips.
• She's away on a short trip.
• He is planning a trip to Vienna.
• They organize short bike trips.
• He has just returned from a three-day trip to Australia.
• a business trip
• a five-minute trip by taxi
• a long and difficult journey across the mountains
• a tour of Bavaria
• the first expedition to the South Pole
• We went on an all-day excursion to the island.
• The children were on a day’s outing from school.
• We had a day out at the beach.
• a(n) foreign/​overseas trip/​journey/​tour/​expedition
• a bus/​coach/​train/​rail trip/​journey/​tour
• to go on a(n) trip/​journey/​tour/​expedition/​excursion/​outing/​day out
• to set out/​off on a(n) trip/​journey/​tour/​expedition/​excursion
• to make a(n) trip/​journey/​tour/​expedition/​excursion
• have/​take (British English) a holiday/ (North American English) a vacation/​a break/​a day off/ (British English) a gap year
• go on/​be on holiday/​vacation/​leave/​honeymoon/​safari/​a trip/​a tour/​a cruise/​a pilgrimage
• go backpacking/​camping/​hitchhiking/​sightseeing
• plan a trip/​a holiday/​a vacation/​your itinerary
• book accommodation/​a hotel room/​a flight/​tickets
• have/​make/​cancel a reservation/ (especially British English) booking
• rent a villa/ (both British English) a holiday home/​a holiday cottage
• (especially British English) hire/ (especially North American English) rent a car/​bicycle/​moped
• stay in a hotel/​a bed and breakfast/​a youth hostel/​a villa/ (both British English) a holiday home/​a caravan
• cost/​charge $100 a/​per night for a single/​double/​twin/​standard/ (British English) en suite room
• check into/​out of a hotel/​a motel/​your room
• pack/​unpack your suitcase/​bags
• call/​order room service
• cancel/​cut short a trip/​holiday/​vacation
• apply for/​get/​renew a/​your passport
• take out/​buy/​get travel insurance
• catch/​miss your plane/​train/​ferry/​connecting flight
• fly (in)/travel in business/​economy class
• make/​have a brief/​two-day/​twelve-hour stopover/ (North American English also) layover in Hong Kong
• experience/​cause/​lead to delays
• check (in)/collect/​get/​lose (your) (especially British English) luggage/ (especially North American English) baggage
• be charged for/​pay excess baggage
• board/​get on/​leave/​get off the aircraft/​plane/​ship/​ferry
• taxi down/​leave/​approach/​hit/​overshoot the runway
• experience/​hit/​encounter severe turbulence
• suffer from/​recover from/​get over your jet lag/​travel sickness
• attract/​draw/​bring tourists/​visitors
• encourage/​promote/​hurt tourism
• promote/​develop ecotourism
• build/​develop/​visit a tourist/​holiday/ (especially British English) seaside/​beach/​ski resort
• work for/​be operated by a major hotel chain
• be served by/​compete with low-cost/ (especially North American English) low-fare/​budget airlines
• book something through/​make a booking through/​use a travel agent
• contact/​check with your travel agent/​tour operator
• book/​be on/​go on a package deal/​holiday/​tour
• buy/​bring back (tacky/​overpriced) souvenirs
• Enjoy your trip!
• He makes frequent trips to Poland.
• He's just back from a trip to Alaska.
• I had to cut short my trip when my wallet was stolen.
• My last trip abroad was two years ago.
• Don't make a special trip just to get my newspaper.
• In their last two away trips, Everton were defeated by Spurs.
• The first prize is a free trip to New York.
• The food alone made the trip worthwhile.
• The rest of our trip was uneventful.
• The trip home took us five hours!
• They are hoping to complete the trip in four days.
• They saved for years for their trip of a lifetime to Hawaii.
• Well, have a safe trip back!
• her dream trip to New Zealand
• Because of bad weather conditions, the trip was cancelled.
• Tomorrow there will be a boat trip to the island.
• We used to go on school trips to France when we were kids.
• be (away) on
• a trip abroad
• the trip home
• the trip of a lifetime

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