Plan definition

Plan as a noun

1. a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

   "they drew up a six-step plan"

   Same sense: program, programme

2. an arrangement scheme

   "a plan for seating guests"

   Same sense: design

3. scale drawing of a structure

   "the plans for City Hall were on file"

   Same sense: architectural plan

Plan as a verb

4. have the will and intention to carry out some action

   "He plans to be in graduate school next year"

   Same sense: be after

5. make plans for something

   "He is planning a trip with his family"

6. make or work out a plan for; devise

   "plan an attack"

   Same sense: project, design, contrive

Synonyms and antonyms

• program definition
• programme
• design definition
• architectural plan
• be after
• project definition
• contrive

All synonyms of plan, sense by sense

How to say plan

Plan has 1 syllable and rhymes with an. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with plan

• an
• can
• than
• man
• began
• fan
• japan
• ran
• van
• ban
• pan
• batman

PLAN in word games

Scrabble

6

Words With Friends

9

Anagrams

0

Is PLAN a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PLAN in the word checker, or unscramble PLAN to see the shorter words in its letters.