Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section II. Prospective Volition
1. Conceptional Volition

626. Plan.

   NOUN:PLAN, scheme, design, project, proposal, proposition, suggestion; resolution, motion; precaution (provision) [See Preparation]; deep-laid (premeditated) [See Predetermination]- plan &c.; germ (cause) [See Cause].
  SYSTEM (order) [See Order]; organization (arrangement) [See Arrangement].
  OUTLINE, sketch, skeleton, draft or draught, ébauché [F.], brouillon [F.]; rough -cast, – draft or draught, – copy; copy; proof, revise.
  forecast, program or programme, prospectus; carte du pays [F.]; card; bill, protocol; order of the day, memoranda, list of agenda; bill of fare (food) [See Food]; base of operations; platform, plank, slate [U. S.], ticket [U. S.].
  rôle; policy (line of conduct) [See Conduct].
  CONTRIVANCE, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device; pipelaying [U. S.]; stratagem (cunning) [See Cunning]; trick (deception) [See Deception]; alternative, loop-hole; shift (substitute) [See Substitution]; last shift (necessity) [See Necessity].
  MEASURE, step; stroke, – of policy; masterstroke; trump, trump card, courtcard; cheval de bataille [F.], great gun; coup, – d’état [F.]; clever -, bold -, good- -move, – hit, – stroke; bright -thought, – idea; great idea.
  INTRIGUE, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination; underplot, counterplot; mine, countermine.
  SCHEMER, schemist [rare], schematist [obs.]; strategist, machinator; Machiavellian, Machiavellist, conspirator; intrigant (cunning) [See Cunning].
  PROJECTOR, promoter, designer &c. v.; organizer, founder (fem. foundress), author, artist, builder.
   VERB:PLAN, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch; devise, invent (imagine) [See Imagination]; set one’s wits to work [See Imagination]; spring a project; fall upon, hit upon; strike -, chalk -, cut -, lay -, map- out; lay down a plan; shape -, mark- out a course; predetermine [See Predetermination]; concert, preconcert, preëstablish; prepare [See Preparation]; hatch, – a plot; concoct; take -steps, – measures.
  SYSTEMATIZE, organize; cast, recast, arrange [See Arrangement]; digest, mature.
  PLOT; counterplot, mine, countermine, dig a mine; lay a train; intrigue (cunning) [See Cunning].
   ADJECTIVE:PLANNED &c. v.; strategic or strategical.
  PLANNING &c. v.; in course of preparation [See Preparation]; under consideration, on the tapis, on the carpet, on the table.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. A mighty maze! but not without a plan.—Pope
2. Lofty designs must close in like effects.—Browning