1. An elaborate and systematic plan of action
   - strategy 
2. A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
   - dodge, dodging 
3. A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
   - system 
4. An internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
   - schema 
5. A schematic or preliminary plan
   - outline, schema

1. Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
   - intrigue, connive 
2. Devise a system or form a scheme for

Derived forms: scheming, schemes, schemed

See also: schematic, schematize, schemer

Type of: falsehood, falsity, group, grouping, internal representation, mental representation, plan, plan of action, plot, program, programme [Brit, Cdn], representation, untruth

Encyclopedia: Scheme

• bookseller
• be active
• be adrift
• be after
• be amiss
• be at pains
• be born
• be due
• be full
• be given
• be intimate
• be my guest
• be off
• be on
• be on cloud nine
• be on the ball
• be quiet
• be sick
• be well
• be with it
• be-all and end-all
• beach
• beach aster
• beach buggy
• beach chair