'Scheme' definitions:
Definition of 'scheme'
(from WordNet)
noun
An elaborate and systematic plan of action [syn: scheme, strategy]
noun
noun
A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going" [syn: system, scheme]
noun
An internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world [syn: schema, scheme]
noun
verb
verb
Devise a system or form a scheme for
Definition of 'Scheme'
From: GCIDE
- Scheme \Scheme\, n. [L. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Gr. ?, ?, form, shape, outline, plan, fr. ?, ?, to have or hold, to hold out, sustain, check, stop; cf. Skr. sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, AS. sige victory, G. sieg. Cf. Epoch, Hectic, School.]
- 1. A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system. [1913 Webster]
- The appearance and outward scheme of things. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy. --J. Edwards. [1913 Webster]
- The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme. [1913 Webster]
- The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline. [1913 Webster]
- To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Astrol.) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event. [1913 Webster]
- A blue silk case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Plan; project; contrivance; purpose; device; plot.
- Usage: Scheme, Plan. Scheme and plan are subordinate to design; they propose modes of carrying our designs into effect. Scheme is the least definite of the two, and lies more in speculation. A plan is drawn out into details with a view to being carried into effect. As schemes are speculative, they often prove visionary; hence the opprobrious use of the words schemer and scheming. Plans, being more practical, are more frequently carried into effect. [1913 Webster]
- He forms the well-concerted scheme of mischief; 'T is fixed, 't is done, and both are doomed to death. --Rowe. [1913 Webster]
- Artists and plans relieved my solemn hours; I founded palaces, and planted bowers. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scheme'
From: GCIDE
- Scheme \Scheme\, v. i. To form a scheme or schemes. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scheme'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'scheme'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- anagnorisis,
- angle,
- approach,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- argument,
- arrangement,
- art,
- artful dodge,
- artifice,
- atmosphere,
- attack,
- background,
- backstairs influence,
- bag of tricks,
- blind,
- blueprint,
- blueprinting,
- bluff,
- bosey,
- brew,
- Byzantine intrigues,
- cabal,
- calculate,
- calculation,
- catalog,
- catalogue raisonne,
- catastrophe,
- catch,
- characterization,
- chart,
- charting,
- chicanery,
- chouse,
- collude,
- collusion,
- color,
- complication,
- complicity,
- complot,
- conception,
- concoct,
- confederacy,
- connections,
- connivance,
- connive,
- conspiracy,
- conspire,
- continuity,
- contrivance,
- contrive,
- contriving,
- cook up,
- countermine,
- counterplot,
- coup,
- course of action,
- covin,
- craft,
- curve,
- curve-ball,
- cute trick,
- deals,
- deceit,
- deep-laid plot,
- denouement,
- design,
- development,
- device,
- devise,
- diagram,
- dirty deal,
- dirty trick,
- disposition,
- dodge,
- draft,
- drawing,
- engineer,
- engineering,
- enterprise,
- envisagement,
- episode,
- expedient,
- exposition,
- fable,
- fakement,
- falling action,
- fast deal,
- feint,
- fetch,
- ficelle,
- figuring,
- finagle,
- finagling,
- finesse,
- fix,
- foresight,
- forethink,
- forethought,
- formulate,
- frame,
- frame up,
- frame-up,
- gambit,
- game,
- game plan,
- games,
- gerrymander,
- gimmick,
- googly,
- graph,
- graphing,
- grift,
- ground plan,
- guidelines,
- hatch,
- hatch a plot,
- hatch up,
- hocus-pocus,
- idea,
- incident,
- influence peddling,
- intention,
- intrigue,
- intrigues,
- jockey,
- joker,
- juggle,
- jugglery,
- knavery,
- lay a plot,
- layout,
- line,
- lineup,
- little game,
- lobbying,
- lobbyism,
- local color,
- long-range plan,
- machinate,
- machination,
- maneuver,
- maneuvering,
- manipulate,
- manipulation,
- map,
- mapping,
- master plan,
- method,
- methodology,
- mood,
- motif,
- move,
- movement,
- mythos,
- operate,
- operations research,
- order,
- ordering,
- organization,
- organize,
- outline,
- pack,
- pack the deal,
- pass,
- pattern,
- peripeteia,
- plan,
- planning,
- planning function,
- play games,
- plot,
- plotting,
- ploy,
- ploys,
- practice,
- prearrange,
- prearrangement,
- preconcert,
- preconsider,
- precontrive,
- predesign,
- predetermine,
- premeditate,
- preorder,
- preresolve,
- presentation,
- procedure,
- program,
- program of action,
- project,
- projection,
- proposal,
- proposition,
- pull strings,
- racket,
- rationalization,
- recognition,
- red herring,
- rig,
- rigging,
- rising action,
- ropes,
- ruse,
- scenario,
- schedule,
- schema,
- schematic,
- schematism,
- schematization,
- scheme of arrangement,
- schemery,
- schemes,
- scheming,
- scurvy trick,
- secondary plot,
- set up,
- setup,
- sew up,
- shift,
- slant,
- sleight,
- sleight of hand,
- sleight-of-hand trick,
- stack the cards,
- story,
- stratagem,
- strategic plan,
- strategy,
- strings,
- structure,
- subject,
- subplot,
- subterfuge,
- suggestion,
- switch,
- system,
- systematization,
- table,
- table of contents,
- tactic,
- tactical plan,
- tactics,
- technique,
- the big picture,
- the picture,
- thematic development,
- theme,
- tone,
- topic,
- trick,
- trickery,
- twist,
- underplot,
- wangle,
- way,
- web of intrigue,
- wile,
- wily device,
- wire-pulling,
- wires,
- work out beforehand,
- working plan