Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun project

2 senses of project

Sense 1
undertaking, project, task, labor -- (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings")
       => work -- (activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work")

Sense 2
project, projection -- (a planned undertaking)
       => plan, program, programme -- (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb project

12 senses of project

Sense 1
project -- (communicate vividly; "He projected his feelings")
       => communicate, intercommunicate -- (transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist")

Sense 2
stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project -- (extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff")

Sense 3
project -- (transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another)
       => transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise -- (send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message")

Sense 4
project -- (project on a screen; "The images are projected onto the screen")
       => show -- (make visible or noticeable; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please")

Sense 5
project -- (cause to be heard; "His voice projects well")
       => cause to be perceived -- (have perceptible qualities)

Sense 6
project -- (draw a projection of)
       => draw -- (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse")

Sense 7
plan, project, contrive, design -- (make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack")
       => create by mental act, create mentally -- (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)

Sense 8
project, propose -- (present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity")
       => plan -- (make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family")

Sense 9
visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image -- (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy")
       => imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage -- (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?")

Sense 10
project, cast, contrive, throw -- (put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light")
       => send, direct -- (cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation")

Sense 11
project, send off -- (throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile")
       => propel, impel -- (cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship")

Sense 12
project, externalize, externalise -- (regard as objective)
       => impute, ascribe, assign, attribute -- (attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats")