scenario

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sce=nar=i=o

CIDE DICTIONARY

scenario, n. [It.].

 A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

scenario, n. (pl. -os)
1 an outline of the plot of a play, film, opera, etc., with details of the scenes, situations, etc.
2 a postulated sequence of future events.

Derivative

scenarist n. (in sense 1).

Etymology

It. (as SCENA)

THESAURUS

scenario

book, continuity, cue, design, framework, game plan, layout, libretto, lines, outline, playbook, plot, precis, project, projection, proposal, proposition, prospectus, resume, routine, scene plot, schema, score, script, shooting script, side, structure, synopsis, text