Antonyms for scheme
skimscheme

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Schemenoun

   A programming language, one of the two major dialects of Lisp.

   Synonyms:
   blueprint

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 6 votes

1. scheme

   Design refers to the adaptation of means to an end, the correspondence and coordination of parts, or of separate acts, to produce a result; intent and purpose overleap all particulars, and fasten on the end itself. Intention is simply the more familiar form of the legal and philosophical intent. Plan relates to details of form, structure, and action, in themselves; design considers these same details all as a means to an end. The plan of a campaign may be for a series of sharp attacks, with the design of thus surprising and overpowering the enemy. A man comes to a fixed intention to kill his enemy; he forms a plan to entrap him into his power, with the design of then compassing his death; as the law can not read the heart, it can only infer the intent from the evidences of design. Intent denotes a straining, stretching forth toward an object; purpose simply the placing it before oneself; hence, we speak of the purpose rather than the intent or intention of God. We hold that the marks of design in nature prove it the work of a great Designer. Intention contemplates the possibility of failure; purpose looks to assured success; intent or intention refers especially to the state of mind of the actor; purpose to the result of the action. Compare AIM; CAUSE; IDEA; MODEL.

   Synonyms:
   aim, design, device, end, end, final cause, intent, intention, object, plan, project, proposal, purpose

   Preposition:
   The design of defrauding; the design of a building; a design for a statue.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. scheme

   Antonyms:
   miscontrivance, bungle, misarrangement, blunder

   Synonyms:
   plan, project, design, contrivance, purpose, draft, proposal, device, plot, theory, intrigue, machination

Matched Categories

1. • Falsehood
   • Group
   • Plan
   • Plan Of Action
   • Plot
   • Representation

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. scheme, strategynoun

   an elaborate and systematic plan of action

   Synonyms:
   dodge, system, schema, outline, strategy, dodging

2. dodge, dodging, schemenoun

   a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

   Synonyms:
   stratagem, avoidance, strategy, contrivance, system, dodging, escape, outline, evasion, shunning, schema, dodge, turning away

3. system, schemenoun

   a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

   "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"

   Synonyms:
   strategy, arrangement, system, dodging, outline, organization, system of rules, organisation, schema, dodge

4. schema, schemenoun

   an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world

   Synonyms:
   dodge, system, schema, outline, strategy, dodging

5. outline, schema, schemeverb

   a schematic or preliminary plan

   Synonyms:
   lineation, strategy, abstract, dodging, synopsis, precis, schema, system, dodge, outline

6. scheme, intrigue, conniveverb

   form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

   Synonyms:
   connive, intrigue, fascinate

7. schemeverb

   devise a system or form a scheme for

   Synonyms:
   connive, intrigue

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. schemenoun

   Synonyms:
   design, plan, project, machination, intrigue, cabal, outline, draught, arrangement, plan, system

2. schemeverb

   Synonyms:
   devise, excogitate, plan, machinate, plot, design

How to use scheme in a sentence?

1. Bjorn Brunvand:

   Can you take that away from them? Can you retroactively pull the rug out and reinsert the death penalty? Brunvand toldFox News that a motion has already been filed to reinstate the death penalty for his client. He thinks thats an injustice. I cannot imagine having been sentenced to death, having received word from the Supreme Court that the scheme is unconstitutional and youre going to get a new trial, to have lawyers start preparing for trial and then all of the sudden face the prospect that Oh, we might just send you back to death row. I cant imagine.

2. Hector Astudillo:

   Let's do some sort of pilot scheme, provided it's used for medical issues ... It's a way out that could get us away from the violence there has been in Guerrero.

3. Sadiq Khan:

   Banning the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030, providing support to deliver Clean Air Zones in cities and introducing a national vehicle renewal scheme will dramatically improve our air quality and our health.

4. John Parker:

   Their dogged determination and skilled investigative techniques were crucial in exposing and dissecting this sprawling corruption scheme.

5. Timo Soini:

   We need a 'Grexit', there are no easy solutions, but if Greece continues in the euro, it means more aid packages and the pyramid scheme continues.

How to pronounce scheme?

How to say scheme in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency