scheme n
1 contrivance, course of action, design, device, plan, programme, project, proposal, strategy, system, tactics, theory
2 arrangement, blueprint, chart, codification, diagram, disposition, draft, layout, outline, pattern, schedule, schema, system
3 conspiracy, dodge, game (informal) intrigue, machinations, manoeuvre, plot, ploy, ruse, shift, stratagem, subterfuge vb
4 contrive, design, devise, frame, imagine, lay plans, plan, project, work out
5 collude, conspire, intrigue, machinate, manoeuvre, plot, wheel and deal (informal)