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schemes - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: scheme
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: course of action
Synonyms: arrangement, blueprint, chart, contrivance, design, device, diagram, disposition, draft, expedient, game plan, layout, order, outline, pattern, plan, presentation, program, project, proposal, proposition, purpose, schedule, strategy, suggestion, system, tactics, theory, codification, ordering, schema
Main Entry: scheme
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: plot, maneuver to get result
Synonyms: action, angle*, cabal, conspiracy, dodge*, game, game plan*, gimmick, hustle, hype*, intrigue, layout, machination, picture*, pitch, ploy, practice, proposition, ruse, scenario, scene, setup, shift*, story, stratagem, subterfuge, tactics, trick*, twist*, brainchild, covin, frame-up, hookup, put-up job
Main Entry: activity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: special interest or pursuit
Synonyms: act, avocation, bag*, bit*, deed, endeavor, enterprise, entertainment, game, hobby, job, labor, occupation, pastime, project, racket, scene*, scheme, stunt, task, trip, undertaking, venture, work, zoo, ballgame
Antonyms: hate
Main Entry: aim
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: goal
Synonyms: ambition, aspiration, course, design, desire, direction, end, intent, intention, mark, object, objective, plan, purpose, scheme, target, wish, desideratum, where one is heading
Antonyms: avoidance, neglect, thoughtlessness, aimlessness, purposelessness
Main Entry: angle for
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: attempt to get
Synonyms: connive, conspire, contrive, fish for, hint, hunt, invite, maneuver, plan, plot, scheme, seek, solicit, strive, aim for, be after, cast about for, look for, try for
Main Entry: arrange
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make plans, often involving agreement
Synonyms: adapt, adjust, agree to, blueprint, chart, compromise, concert, construct, contrive, decide, design, determine, devise, direct, draft, establish, frame*, harmonize, iron out*, lay out, manage, negotiate, organize, prepare, project, promote, provide, resolve, schedule, scheme, settle, tailor, work out, come to terms, get act together, get ready, hammer out a deal, line up, make a connection, make ready, map out, pull a wire, pull things together, quarterback, set stage, shape up, work out a deal
Antonyms: disorganize, not plan
Main Entry: blueprint
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: plan
Synonyms: archetype, design, draft, game plan, layout, master plan, model, prototype, scheme, sketch, architectural plan, rendering
Main Entry: brew
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: plan, devise
Synonyms: breed, compound, concoct, contrive, develop, excite, foment, form, gather, hatch, loom, mull, plot, project, scheme, start, weave, impend, stir up
Main Entry: chart
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: map, plan
Synonyms: blueprint, diagram, graph, outline, plot, rough draft, scheme, sketch, table, plat, tabulation
Main Entry: collusion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: secret understanding, often with intent to defraud
Synonyms: bill of goods*, cahoots*, complicity, con game*, conspiracy, craft, deceit, dodge, double-cross, flimflam*, graft, guilt, gyp, intrigue, plot, racket, scam, scheme, shell game*, skunk*, sting*, trick, whitewash, bait and switch, bunco, connivance, diddling, fast shuffle, flam, fradulent artifice, guiltiness
Notes: cooperation is always positive, collaboration is positive except in wartime (working with the enemy), and collusion is always negative (working together in secret for a dishonest purpose)
Main Entry: complex
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: composite, aggregate
Synonyms: association, compound, conglomerate, ecosystem, entanglement, group, network, organization, scheme, structure, syndrome, synthesis, system, totality
Main Entry: concoct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: formulate, think up
Synonyms: batch*, brew*, compound, contrive, cook up, create, design, devise, discover, dream up, envisage, envision, fabricate, frame*, hatch, invent, make up, mature, originate, plan, plot, prepare, project, scheme, vamp, ad lib, prefab, slap together, throw together
Main Entry: conspiracy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: collusion in plan
Synonyms: cabal, confederacy, disloyalty, fix, frame*, game, intrigue, league, machination, plot, practice, scheme, sedition, treachery, treason, trick, trickery, complot, connivance, countermine, counterplot, covin, hookup, little game, perfidy, put-up job, treacherousness
Main Entry: contrivance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: plan, fabrication
Synonyms: angle, artifice, coinage, design, dodge, expedient, formation, gimmick, intrigue, invention, machination, measure, plot, project, ruse, scheme, slant, stratagem, switch, trick, twist, brainchild, inventiveness
Antonyms: disorganization
Main Entry: contrive
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: invent, design
Synonyms: come up with, concoct, construct, cook up, create, devise, dream up*, engineer, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, frame*, handle, hatch, improvise, make, make up*, manipulate, manufacture, move, plan, plot, project, rig*, scheme, vamp, wangle, whip up*, throw together, trump up
Antonyms: disorganize
Main Entry: contrive
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring about, succeed with difficulty
Synonyms: achieve, angle, arrange, carry out, cogitate, collude, compass, concoct, connive, develop, devise, effect, elaborate, engineer, execute, finagle*, hatch, intrigue, jockey*, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, pass, plan, plot, project, scheme, shift, swing, work out, wrangle, hit upon, play games
Antonyms: demolish, destroy, ruin, stop, waste, wreck
Main Entry: cook up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: devise
Synonyms: arrange, concoct, contrive, dream up, fabricate, falsify, formulate, frame, hatch, improvise, invent, make up, plan, plot, prepare, scheme, vamp
Main Entry: cosmos
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ordered system
Synonyms: harmony, order, organization, scheme, structure
Main Entry: course
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: progress, advance
Synonyms: advancement, chain, continuity, development, flow, furtherance, line, manner, march, movement, order, plan, policy, procedure, program, progression, red tape*, row, scheme, sequel, sequence, series, string, succession, system, way, channels, consecution, polity, unfolding
Main Entry: design
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sketch, draft
Synonyms: architecture, arrangement, blueprint, chart, composition, conception, constitution, construction, delineation, depiction, diagram, doodle, drawing, dummy, form, formation, idea, layout, makeup, map, method, model, outline, pattern, perspective, picture, plan, scheme, study, treatment, comp, paste-up, tracery, tracing
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