scheme
English Thesaurus
1. a schematic or preliminary plan (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | plan, program, programme, |
| definition | : | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished (noun.cognition) |
2. an elaborate and systematic plan of action (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | plan of action, |
| definition | : | a plan for actively doing something (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | contrivance, dodge, stratagem, |
| definition | : | an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | counterterrorism, |
| definition | : | a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | game plan, |
| definition | : | (sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | game plan, |
| definition | : | (figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | bubble, house of cards, |
| definition | : | a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | playbook, |
| definition | : | a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | game, plot, secret plan, |
| definition | : | a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | pyramid scheme, |
| definition | : | a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit; when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure the scheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put in (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | waiting game, |
| definition | : | a strategy of delay (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | wheeze, |
| definition | : | (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick (noun.cognition) |
3. an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world (noun.cognition)
4. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication)
5. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | group, grouping, |
| definition | : | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | language system, |
| definition | : | a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | economic system, economy, |
| definition | : | the system of production and distribution and consumption (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | ecosystem, |
| definition | : | a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | dragnet, |
| definition | : | a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals) (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | machinery, |
| definition | : | a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | network, web, |
| definition | : | an interconnected system of things or people (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | nonlinear system, |
| definition | : | a system whose performance cannot be described by equations of the first degree (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | subsystem, |
| definition | : | a system that is part of some larger system (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | organism, |
| definition | : | a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | syntax, |
| definition | : | a systematic orderly arrangement (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | body, |
| definition | : | a collection of particulars considered as a system (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | shebang, |
| definition | : | an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang' (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | solar system, |
| definition | : | the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | water system, |
| definition | : | a river and all of its tributaries (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | hierarchy, |
| definition | : | a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system (noun.group) |
6. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner (verb.cognition)
| hypernym | : | plot, |
| definition | : | plan secretly, usually something illegal (verb.cognition) |
7. devise a system or form a scheme for (verb.cognition)
| hypernym | : | plan, |
| definition | : | make plans for something (verb.cognition) |
8. a schematic or preliminary plan (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | scheme, |
| definition | : | devise a system or form a scheme for (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | schematize, |
| definition | : | formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | draft, outline, |
| definition | : | draw up an outline or sketch for something (verb.creation) |
9. an elaborate and systematic plan of action (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | strategian, strategist, |
| definition | : | an expert in strategy (especially in warfare) (noun.person) |
10. an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | scheme, |
| definition | : | devise a system or form a scheme for (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | schematize, |
| definition | : | formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula (verb.creation) |
11. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt, |
| definition | : | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication) |
12. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner (verb.cognition)
| derivation | : | intrigue, machination, |
| definition | : | a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends (noun.cognition) |
13. devise a system or form a scheme for (verb.cognition)
| derivation | : | outline, schema, scheme, |
| definition | : | a schematic or preliminary plan (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | schema, scheme, |
| definition | : | an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | plotter, schemer, |
| definition | : | a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action (noun.person) |
14. a schematic or preliminary plan (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | scheme, |
| definition | : | devise a system or form a scheme for (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | schematize, |
| definition | : | formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | draft, outline, |
| definition | : | draw up an outline or sketch for something (verb.creation) |
15. an elaborate and systematic plan of action (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | strategian, strategist, |
| definition | : | an expert in strategy (especially in warfare) (noun.person) |
16. an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | scheme, |
| definition | : | devise a system or form a scheme for (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | schematize, |
| definition | : | formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula (verb.creation) |
17. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt, |
| definition | : | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication) |
18. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner (verb.cognition)
| derivation | : | intrigue, machination, |
| definition | : | a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends (noun.cognition) |
19. devise a system or form a scheme for (verb.cognition)
| derivation | : | outline, schema, scheme, |
| definition | : | a schematic or preliminary plan (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | schema, scheme, |
| definition | : | an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | plotter, schemer, |
| definition | : | a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action (noun.person) |
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