mapEnglishOxford English Thesaurusmap noun plan, chart.verb the region was mapped from the air: chart, plot, delineate, draw, depict, portray, survey.□ map something outhe mapped out a plan of campaign: outline, set out, lay out, sketch out, trace out, rough out, block out, delineate, detail, draw up; formulate, work out, frame, draft, plan, plot out; arrange, design, programme, think out, think through, organize.word linksmapcartographic relating to mapscartography making of mapsmap Oxford Dictionary of English