scheme

[ skeem ]

/ skim /

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noun

a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.

an underhand plot; intrigue.

a visionary or impractical project.

a body or system of related doctrines, theories, etc.: a scheme of philosophy.

any system of correlated things, parts, etc., or the manner of its arrangement.

a plan, program, or policy officially adopted and followed, as by a government or business: The company's pension scheme is very successful.

an analytical or tabular statement.

a diagram, map, or the like.

an astrological diagram of the heavens.

verb (used with object), schemed, schem·ing.

to devise as a scheme; plan; plot; contrive.

verb (used without object), schemed, schem·ing.

to lay schemes; devise plans; plot.

Origin of scheme

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

SYNONYMS FOR scheme

2 stratagem, cabal, conspiracy.

5 pattern, schema.

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synonym study for scheme

1, 6. See plan. 10. See plot.

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

Words nearby scheme

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

Example sentences from the Web for schemer

Is that mass of cream cheese you put on a bagel a schemer or a shmeer?

Mazel Tov, Arvind! But Are You Sure It’s Not Kneydl? |Daniel Gross |May 31, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
And, second, how can he bust a drug dealer and a Ponzi schemer without endangering Rita and Mitzi?

Do I Have to Read Kisser? |William Boot |February 13, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
In the strange case of alleged Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford, a new bit player has emerged.

God and Ponzi |Max Blumenthal |February 19, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Mr Bellamy, in his turn, conducted himself towards the schemer with much cordiality and kindness.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 |Various

She felt herself a schemer, an intriguer, which she was not.

Coquette |Frank Swinnerton
Then as the schemer remained silent he demanded, frowning darkly, "What's Loralindy Byars got ter do with it?"

A Chilhowee Lily |Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)
About the time the above conversation took place another "schemer" arrived, and was located a few beds from me.

Six Years in the Prisons of England |A Merchant - Anonymous
Dan Coughlin, the schemer and originator, had put O'Sullivan into a notion of doing something that he had never thought of before.

The Crime of the Century |Henry M. Hunt

British Dictionary definitions for schemer

scheme

/ (skiːm) /

noun

a systematic plan for a course of action

a systematic arrangement of correlated parts; system

a secret plot

a visionary or unrealizable project

a chart, diagram, or outline

an astrological diagram giving the aspects of celestial bodies at a particular time

mainly British a plan formally adopted by a commercial enterprise or governmental body, as for pensions, etc

mainly Scot an area of housing that is laid out esp by a local authority; estate

verb

(tr) to devise a system for

to form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

Derived forms of scheme

schemer, noun

Word Origin for scheme

C16: from Latin schema, from Greek skhēma form

Idioms and Phrases with schemer

scheme

see best-laid plans (schemes).

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scheme

noun

verb (used with object), schemed, schem·ing.

verb (used without object), schemed, schem·ing.

Origin of scheme

SYNONYMS FOR scheme

synonym study for scheme

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noun

verb

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

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scheme

noun

verb (used with object), schemed, schem·ing.

verb (used without object), schemed, schem·ing.

Origin of scheme

SYNONYMS FOR scheme

synonym study for scheme

OTHER WORDS FROM scheme

Words nearby scheme

Words related to schemer

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