map out

1. 1.

   plan, delineate, or arrange in detail

   “map one's future”

   Synonymsmap

   Broaderplan

Questions about map out

What does map out mean?

map out means "plan, delineate, or arrange in detail".

What is another word for map out?

Close synonyms include map. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is map out a common word?

map out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.