blueprint

blue·print

noun \-ˌprint\

Definition of BLUEPRINT

1

: a photographic print in white on a bright blue ground or blue on a white ground used especially for copying maps, mechanical drawings, and architects' plans

2

: something resembling a blueprint (as in serving as a model or providing guidance); especially : a detailed plan or program of action <a blueprint for victory>

— blueprint transitive verb

Examples of BLUEPRINT

1. a blueprint for reforming the public school system
2. <an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25>

First Known Use of BLUEPRINT

1886

Related to BLUEPRINT

Synonyms: arrangement, plan, design, game, game plan, ground plan, master plan, program, project, road map, scheme, strategy, system

Related Words: collusion, conspiracy, plot; contrivance, device, gambit, maneuver, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick; counterplan, counterstrategy; means, tactic, technique, way; procedure, protocol; conception, idea, projet, proposal, specific(s), specification(s); aim, intent, intention, purpose; diagram, formula, layout, map, pattern, platform, policy, recipe, setup

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Rhymes with BLUEPRINT

catmint, footprint, forint, gunflint, handprint, hoofprint, horsemint, imprint, in-print, large-print, newsprint, offprint, preprint, remint, reprint, skinflint, spearmint, thumbprint, voiceprint, wind sprint, work print