scheme

scheme
n
1. plan, design, intent, purpose, intention; objective, end, aim, object; program, project, enterprise; proposal, suggestion, idea, thought; fancy, dream, daydream, vision, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain, Inf. pie in the sky, Inf. brainstorm, Inf. pipe dream.
2. arrangement, order, distribution, systematization, organization, codification; policy, system, course of action; method, strategy, procedure, way, game plan, scenario, process; schedule, Sl. sked, agenda, calendar, docket, order of business.
3. diagram, sketch, outline, delineation, design, projection; drawing, blueprint, schema, layout, chart, map; prospectus, syllabus, synopsis, summary, digest, brief.
4. device, ploy, stratagem, maneuver, machination, subterfuge, flimflam, Inf. racket, Sl. game; contrivance, trick, wile, finesse, ruse, tactic, Inf. move; conspiracy, intrigue, complot, cabal, collusion, connivance.
v
5. devise, prepare, think out, plot, plan, project, lay or form plans, formulate, frame, figure out, design, organize, Inf. cook up; imagine, dream up, envision, visualize, spin, contrive, conceive, invent; map out, block out, hit upon; hatch, machinate, maneuver, connive, concoct, complot, cabal, intrigue, wheel and deal, Inf. finagle.

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