Synonyms for scheme
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1. Schemenoun

   A programming language, one of the two major dialects of Lisp.

   Synonyms:
   blueprint

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1. scheme

   Design refers to the adaptation of means to an end, the correspondence and coordination of parts, or of separate acts, to produce a result; intent and purpose overleap all particulars, and fasten on the end itself. Intention is simply the more familiar form of the legal and philosophical intent. Plan relates to details of form, structure, and action, in themselves; design considers these same details all as a means to an end. The plan of a campaign may be for a series of sharp attacks, with the design of thus surprising and overpowering the enemy. A man comes to a fixed intention to kill his enemy; he forms a plan to entrap him into his power, with the design of then compassing his death; as the law can not read the heart, it can only infer the intent from the evidences of design. Intent denotes a straining, stretching forth toward an object; purpose simply the placing it before oneself; hence, we speak of the purpose rather than the intent or intention of God. We hold that the marks of design in nature prove it the work of a great Designer. Intention contemplates the possibility of failure; purpose looks to assured success; intent or intention refers especially to the state of mind of the actor; purpose to the result of the action. Compare AIM; CAUSE; IDEA; MODEL.

   Synonyms:
   aim, design, device, end, end, final cause, intent, intention, object, plan, project, proposal, purpose

   Preposition:
   The design of defrauding; the design of a building; a design for a statue.

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1. scheme

   Synonyms:
   plan, project, design, contrivance, purpose, draft, proposal, device, plot, theory, intrigue, machination

   Antonyms:
   miscontrivance, bungle, misarrangement, blunder

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1. scheme, strategynoun

   an elaborate and systematic plan of action

   Synonyms:
   dodge, system, schema, outline, strategy, dodging, scheme

2. dodge, dodging, schemenoun

   a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

   Synonyms:
   stratagem, avoidance, strategy, scheme, contrivance, system, dodging, escape, outline, evasion, shunning, schema, dodge, turning away

3. system, schemenoun

   a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

   "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"

   Synonyms:
   strategy, arrangement, scheme, system, dodging, outline, organization, system of rules, organisation, schema, dodge

4. schema, schemenoun

   an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world

   Synonyms:
   dodge, system, schema, outline, strategy, dodging, scheme

5. outline, schema, schemeverb

   a schematic or preliminary plan

   Synonyms:
   lineation, strategy, abstract, scheme, dodging, synopsis, precis, schema, system, dodge, outline

6. scheme, intrigue, conniveverb

   form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

   Synonyms:
   connive, intrigue, fascinate, scheme

7. schemeverb

   devise a system or form a scheme for

   Synonyms:
   connive, intrigue

Matched Categories

1. • Falsehood
   • Group
   • Plan
   • Plan Of Action
   • Plot
   • Representation

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. schemenoun

   Synonyms:
   plan, system

2. schemenoun

   Synonyms:
   device, design, project, contrivance, plot, stratagem, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, machination

3. schemenoun

   Synonyms:
   draft, outline

4. schemeverb

   Synonyms:
   plan, contrive, project, plot, devise, design, imagine, frame

5. schemeverb

   Synonyms:
   intrigue, plot, plan, contrive, set one's wits to work, rack one's brains, cudgel one's brains, strain one's invention

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. schemenoun

   Synonyms:
   design, plan, project, machination, intrigue, cabal, outline, draught, arrangement, plan, system

2. schemeverb

   Synonyms:
   devise, excogitate, plan, machinate, plot, design

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1. List of paraphrases for "scheme":

   plan, regime, system, schema, plans, schemes, programme, planned, outline, project, program, combination, planning, programmes, diagram, pattern, mechanism, schematic, regimen, merge, projects

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1. The NRA:

   With due respect, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's' proposals' would resurrect the same broken, Bloomberg-funded failures that were attempted under the Obama administration, like most political gambits, Lt. Gov. Patrick's' solution' precedes Dan Patrick possession of the facts, including this critical concession by the Obama administration : Criminalizing private firearm transfers would require a massive, governmental gun registration scheme.

2. Don DeLillo:

   If we are on the outside, we assume a conspiracy is the perfect working of a scheme. Silent nameless men with unadorned hearts. A conspiracy is everything that ordinary life is not. It's the inside game, cold, sure, undistracted, forever closed off to us. We are the flawed ones, the innocents, trying to make some rough sense of the daily jostle. Conspirators have a logic and a daring beyond our reach. All conspiracies are the same taut story of men who find coherence in some criminal act.

3. Ran Carthon:

   That's the goal in the grand scheme of things to one day hold that position, it’s kind of hard, because you got to keep the main thing the main thing, and just focus on doing what I can do to help make our club better and give us a chance to win each Sunday while maintaining the ultimate goal, which is to ultimately lead a team Ran Carthon.

4. Joshua House:

   This is a common ‘policing for profit’ scheme that we see across the country—governments using their citizens as ATMs, … The city is so financially dependent, and because of that dependency, they have an incentive to find nitpicky violations and convict people for them.

5. James Beck:

   Understanding where that 20 % is coming from could be useful in the bigger scheme of things for all people with Parkinson's disease.