scheme
Underhanded master strategy
A scheme is a plan, especially one that's systematic or cleverly devised: a scheme to defraud investors, a get-rich-quick scheme.
The word often carries a whiff of deviousness—to scheme is to plot.
In British usage, scheme is more neutral, describing any organized plan: a pension scheme, a colour scheme.
The word also applies to abstract arrangements: rhyme scheme, classification scheme.
Clandestine coordinated scheming
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
cabal · treachery · betrayal · manipulation · subversion · double-dealing · sabotage · ploy
Detailed technical drawing
- roadmapDetailed plan forward
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- outlineSummary of key elements
strategy · agenda · methodology · approach · arrangement · initiative · program · project
Underlying support system
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- organizationStructured group with purpose
pattern · codification · categorization · methodology · arrangement · sequence · protocol · procedure
Detailed technical drawing
- diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- technicalOf specific methods
circuit · wiring · flowchart · representation · illustration · notation · symbolic · engineering
Surface for mixing pigments
- aestheticConcerning beauty or art
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- motifRecurring thematic element
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
coordination · harmony · décor · interior · theme · matching · complementary · monochromatic
conspiracy
Clandestine coordinated scheming
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
subterfuge · cabal · treachery · betrayal · manipulation · subversion · double-dealing · sabotage · ploy · ruse
blueprint
Detailed technical drawing
outline · strategy · agenda · methodology · approach · arrangement · initiative · program · project · tactic
framework
Underlying support system
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
organization · pattern · codification · categorization · methodology · arrangement · sequence · protocol · procedure · logic
blueprint
Detailed technical drawing
- diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- drawingMarks forming a picture
technical · circuit · wiring · flowchart · representation · illustration · notation · symbolic · engineering · architectural
palette
Surface for mixing pigments
- aestheticConcerning beauty or art
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- motifRecurring thematic element
pattern · coordination · harmony · décor · interior · theme · matching · complementary · monochromatic · contrast
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- planningplan, planned, planners, to-do lists, calendars
- plansmaster plan, masterplan, action plan, business plan, strategic plan
- royal courtking, queen, prince, princess, crown
- scamsscam, scams, fraud, frauds, swindle
- schemesplots, plot, conspiracies, conspiracy, scams
schemeaccident
Unintended harmful event
spontaneity · chance · happenstance · impulse · coincidence
schemehonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
candor · transparency · forthrightness · openness · sincerity
schemedisorganization
Absence of systematic arrangement
chaos · disorder · randomness · confusion · disarray
- color schemePlanned set of hues
- pyramid schemeFraud through endless recruitment
- scheme of thingsGeneral order of existence
- grand scheme of thingsOverall perspective on significance
- grand schemeOverarching strategy or design
- control scheme
scheming, schemes, schemed, schemer, schematic, schema, schematics, schemers, schematically