scheme

Speech parts

1. scheme - Noun

2. scheme - Verb

3. Scheme - Proper noun

Meaning

To form a scheme or schemes.

A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.

A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme.

Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.

A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.

To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

intrigue system project plan device plot blueprint contrivance strategy dodge program design method approach hatch
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Antonyms

caprice basis reality violence chance disorder
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Hypernyms

group program plan representation plot programme

Hyponyms

dodge game body network structure economy

Phrases with the word

scheme of things earlier scheme antecedent scheme hydroelectric scheme pension scheme decorating scheme

Derivatives

schemed scheming

Examples

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get. Confucius

The Stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. Jonathan Swift

Charm was a scheme for making strangers like and trust a person immediately, no matter what the charmer had in mind. Kurt Vonnegut

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things. Gerald Ford

I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival. Kurt Vonnegut

Two heads cut off and thrown high into the tree have only the winds with which to scheme. Norse Proverb

Close letter words and terms

schematizer schematochrome Schembri scheme against somebody scheme arch scheme of studies