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Definitions for Scheme

[1] a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
[2] an underhand plot; intrigue.
[3] a visionary or impractical project.
[4] a body or system of related doctrines, theories, etc.: a scheme of philosophy.
[5] any system of correlated things, parts, etc., or the manner of its arrangement.
[6] a plan, program, or policy officially adopted and followed, as by a government or business: The company's pension scheme is very successful.
[7] an analytical or tabular statement.
[8] a diagram, map, or the like.
[9] an astrological diagram of the heavens.
[10] to devise as a scheme; plan; plot; contrive.
[11] to lay schemes; devise plans; plot.
[12] a systematic plan for a course of action
[13] a systematic arrangement of correlated parts; system
[14] a secret plot
[15] a visionary or unrealizable project
[16] a chart, diagram, or outline
[17] an astrological diagram giving the aspects of celestial bodies at a particular time
[18] mainly British a plan formally adopted by a commercial enterprise or governmental body, as for pensions, etc
[19] mainly Scot an area of housing that is laid out esp by a local authority; estate
[20] (tr) to devise a system for
[21] to form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

Words related to Scheme

blueprint, theory, pattern, system, arrangement, project, program, design, plan, device, proposal, strategy, scenario, practice, ploy, conspiracy, action, diagram, tactics, outline

Words nearby Scheme

schelling, schema, schematic, schematism, schematize, scheme, schemie, scheming, schenectady, schengen convention, schepisi

Origin of Scheme

1545–55; < Medieval Latin schēma (stem schēmat- ) < Greek schêma form, figure

Other words from Scheme

scheme·less , adjective
schem·er , noun
out·scheme , verb (used with object), out·schemed, out·schem·ing.
sub·scheme , noun
un·der·scheme , noun
un·schemed , adjective

Word origin for Scheme

C16: from Latin schema, from Greek skhēma form

Synonyms for Scheme

arrangement, blueprint, design, device, game plan, pattern, plan, program, project, proposal, strategy, system, theory, chart, codification, contrivance, diagram, disposition, draft, expedient, layout, order, ordering, outline, presentation, proposition, purpose, schedule, schema, suggestion, tactics