Synonyms for scheme
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1. Schemenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   blueprint

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 6 votes

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. scheme, strategynoun

   an elaborate and systematic plan of action

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

2. dodge, dodging, schemenoun

   a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

   Synonyms:
   stratagem, avoidance, strategy, 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, 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

5. outline, schema, schemeverb

   a schematic or preliminary plan

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

6. scheme, intrigue, conniveverb

   form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

   Synonyms:
   connive, intrigue, fascinate

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

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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How to use scheme in a sentence?

1. Caitlin Carroll:

   It is highly irresponsible for Vermont legislators to promote an importation scheme that would create more avenues for counterfeit drugs to enter the country in the middle of an unprecedented opioid crisis.

2. David Wilcox:

   It could be very positive and mean substantial investment in infrastructure schemes or it might mean the dead hand of the Treasury comes in and say 'you will invest in this', that's my greatest concern and the concern of the scheme members.

3. Attorney General Tommy Thomas:

   Custodial sentences and criminal fines will be sought against the accused ... given the severity of the scheme to defraud and fraudulent misappropriation of billions in bond proceeds.

4. Adam Schiff:

   It goes right to the heart of the issue of bribery as well as other potential high crimes and misdemeanors, but we also have heard for the first time that knowledge of this scheme was pervasive.

5. Bill Hemmings:

   A voluntary scheme will not achieve this.