Synonyms of blueprints

blueprints 1 of 2

noun

plural of blueprint

as in plans

a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective

an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plans
• strategies
• programs
• projects
• schemes
• designs
• systems
• proposals
• arrangements
• ideas
• recipes
• master plans
• games
• procedures
• ground plans
• ways
• game plans
• techniques
• road maps
• devices
• specifications
• plots
• intentions
• maps
• policies
• purposes
• diagrams
• intents
• tactics
• conspiracies
• protocols
• maneuvers
• contrivances
• means
• formulas
• aims
• conceptions
• specifics
• patterns
• stratagems
• tricks
• counterplans
• layouts
• collusions
• counterstrategies
• subterfuges
• gambits
• platforms
• setups
• ruses
• projets

blueprints

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of blueprint

as in designs

to work out the details of (something) in advance

blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plans
• designs
• plots
• charts
• prepares
• organizes
• arranges
• outlines
• projects
• budgets
• maps (out)
• shapes
• calculates
• devises
• schemes (out)
• drafts
• choreographs
• frames
• strategizes (about)
• sketches
• lays out
• figures
• contemplates
• intends
• concerts
• conspires
• intrigues
• aims
• contrives
• has on
• means
• machinates
• gets up
• premeditates
• meditates
• puts up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blueprints

Noun

Holtec has coordinated engineering hubs across several countries to finalize the technical blueprints. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Just remember that recipes are closer to blueprints than Lego instructions. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026

But without blueprints, safety rules or ownership, those solutions become a maze of duplicate apps, weak controls and fragile workflows. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

In addition to resources online and a network of experts to help farmers grow new crops and start small businesses, Transfarmation provides open-source blueprints for converting industrial pig, poultry and dairy barns. — Rachel Cramer, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026

For more than a century, college football has inspired the building of vast concrete-and-steel on-campus cathedrals — only for the names on the blueprints to become historical footnotes. — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Piecing together that chain of events is where the blueprints of the characters’ house and the logic maps came in. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026

For the first time, visitors can view color photographs from the museum's collection of the August Quarterly, see the church's original blueprints and read minutes from Sunday school programs. — Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is handing Ukraine the blueprints to a valuable piece of his country’s military technology, thumbing his nose at a Kremlin that says the United Kingdom is now a party in the conflict. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026

Verb

Recreating Rosebank’s Unique Facility IMD worked with Forsyth’s to create new stills, using archival still blueprints to build exact replicas of the original design. — Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025