Project definition
Project is a verb meaning "communicate vividly." It has 14 meanings, as a verb and a noun, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- verb, noun
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 7
- How common
- Everyday word
Project as a verb
communicate vividly
"He projected his feelings"
extend out or project in space
Same sense: stick out, jut, jut out, protrude
transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
project on a screen
"The images are projected onto the screen"
cause to be heard
"His voice projects well"
draw a projection of
make or work out a plan for; devise
present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
"The candidate projects himself as a moderate and a reformer"
Same sense: propose
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
Same sense: see, picture, figure, image, fancy, visualize, envision, visualise
put or send forth
Same sense: throw, cast, contrive
throw, send, or cast forward
"project a missile"
Same sense: send off
regard as objective
Same sense: externalize, externalise
Project as a noun
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
Same sense: labor, labour, task, undertaking
a planned undertaking
Same sense: projection
Synonyms and antonyms
- stick out
- jut
- jut out
- protrude
- plan definition
- design definition
- contrive
- propose
- see definition
- picture definition
- figure
- image
- fancy
- visualize
- envision
- visualise
- throw
- cast
- send off
- externalize
- externalise
- labor
- labour
- task
How to say project
Project has 2 syllables. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
PROJECT in word games
- Scrabble
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Anagrams
- 0
Is PROJECT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PROJECT in the word checker, or unscramble PROJECT to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.