Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for plan
Synonyms for plan: design and project. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for plan
- designnoun, in the sense "an arrangement scheme"
- projectverb, in the sense "make or work out a plan for"
All two are filed under plan's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
an arrangement scheme
A plan for seating guests.
plan in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The wedding planner drew up a plan for where each table and chair would go.
- She sketched a plan for the new garden beds before buying a single seed.
How it behaves: In this sense plan usually takes a prepositional phrase with for and names an arrangement of people or things, appearing in neutral to formal writing about events or layouts.
The true synonym
design
Same sentence, swapped: A design for seating guests.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot plan is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- programme
- calendar
- distribution
make or work out a plan for
Plan an attack.
The true synonym
project
Same sentence, swapped: Project an attack.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot plan is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- write
- draw
- line
Where plan turns up in the game
plan is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where plan is the trap
- feelingnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is opinion, in the sense "a vague idea in which some confidence is placed", so plan is there to be ruled out.
- buildingnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is edifice, in the sense "a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place", with plan sitting one tile away.
- makingnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is devising, in the sense "the act that results in something coming to be", and plan is on the board beside it.
Play plan
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so plan reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. plan carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.