Synonyms for project
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Cast — to cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth
cast, throw, launch, shoot, contrive, send, pitch, toss, shy, propel, fling, chuck, heave, precipitate, hurl, lob, jerk dated, traject rare
2. Imagine
imagine, see, picture, image, frame, envision, figure, realize, realise UK, visualize, visualise UK, delineate, fancy
Other
propose, externalize, externalise UK, contemplate, exsert rare
Noun
1. Design — A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages
design, plan, scheme, proposal, purpose, plot, blueprint informal, device, arrange, devise, concoct
2. Undertaking
undertaking, task, labor US, labour UK
3. Bulge — A projection
Other
enterprise, council estate UK, projection, send-off, missile, workstream rare
Definitions
- v. 1
To extend beyond a surface.
- v. 2
To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
- n. 1
A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
The proposal with China would involve a project to create artificial rain.
- n. 2
A projection.
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A project is something of a practical nature thrown out for consideration as to its being done. A design is a project when matured and settled, as a thing to be accomplished.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- launch The rocket landed successfully on the launch pad.
- picture It is the most artistic picture I have ever taken.
- fancy Fancy forgetting my glasses, it's so embarrassing.
By length
- 3 letters
- see1, shy1, lob1, jut1
- 4 letters
- plan1, send1, cast1, task1, plot1, jerk1, toss1, hurl1
- 5 letters
- image2, throw1, stick1, labor2, shoot1, frame1, pitch1, fancy2, chuck1, fling1, bulge1, heave1
- 6 letters
- design2, figure2, launch1, device2, labour2, scheme1, extend2, beetle2, propel2, devise2, exsert
- 7 letters
- picture2, imagine3, purpose2, realize3, realise3, missile2, propose2, arrange2, foresee2, concoct2, traject
- 8 letters
- proposal3, forecast2, envision3, protrude2, foretell2, contrive2
- 9 letters
- blueprint2, visualize3, delineate4, visualise
- 10 letters
- enterprise3, projection3, protrusion, workstream
- 11 letters
- undertaking4, contemplate3, precipitate4, externalize, externalise
- 12 letters
- protuberance4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (image2 = 2 syllables).