Meanings
comparative more open-plan · superlative most open-plan
- architectureHaving large rooms with few dividing barriers such as partitions.
Sitting in one of the booths (with table and comfy seats) in the open plan ground floor reception, Network Rail Business Change Manager Sarah Newman explains how NR had been eyeing up the building in late 2024, with work starting on site in August 2025.
2025 December 24, Andy Comfort, “Signalling a change in training”, in RAIL, number 1051, page 28
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of rooms or buildings) having large rooms with few dividing partitions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans oopplan
- oopplanhaving large rooms
Finnish avoin, avo-
- avoinhaving large rooms
- avo-having large rooms
French open space, bureau paysager
- open spacehaving large rooms
- bureau paysagerhaving large rooms
German Großraum- (in compounds like Großraumbüro)
- Großraum- (in compounds like Großraumbüro)having large rooms
Irish plean oscailte
- plean oscailtehaving large rooms
Norwegian romlandskap
- romlandskaphaving large rooms
Polish bez ścian
- bez ścianhaving large rooms
Spanish diáfano, despejado
- diáfanohaving large rooms
- despejadohaving large rooms
Cite this entry
open-plan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/open-plan
“open-plan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/open-plan. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “open-plan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/open-plan.
Source: open-plan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.