Synonym: connive, conspire, contrive, intrigue, plan, plot. Similar words: theme, schedule, chemistry, chemical, on schedule, behind schedule, at the mercy of, ahead of schedule. Meaning: [skɪːm] 
n. 1. an elaborate and systematic plan of action 2. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery 3. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole 4. an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world 5. a schematic or preliminary plan. v. 1. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner 2. devise a system or form a scheme for.
n. 1. an elaborate and systematic plan of action 2. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery 3. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole 4. an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world 5. a schematic or preliminary plan. v. 1. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner 2. devise a system or form a scheme for. 
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(61) His original idea was good, but his execution of the scheme was disastrous.
(62) He must have cooked up his scheme on the spur of the moment.
(63) The aim of the scheme was to provide good low-cost housing for workers.
(64) There is an element of compulsion in the new scheme for the unemployed.
(65) I don't believe there's any such thing as a foolproof scheme for making money.
(66) Critics of the scheme have said that it will not solve the problem of teenage crime.
(67) A detailed appraisal of the scheme will now be carried out.
(68) In the scheme of things it is hard for small businesses to succeed.
(69) The amount is calculated according to the number of years you have paid into the scheme.
(70) Under the new scheme only successful schools will be given extra funding.
(71) There's a new scheme in our town for recycling plastic bottles.
(72) The government intends to wind the scheme down in early spring.
(73) He won't listen to any suggestion that doesn't fall in with his scheme.
(74) You have to set the advantages of the scheme against the disadvantages.
(75) The scheme is still in its embryonic stage.
(76) They viewed the new scheme with great suspicion.
(77) Their copper-bottomed scheme went badly wrong.
(78) The simple plan evolved into a complicated scheme.
(79) The scheme seems a bit airy-fairy to me.
(80) 5000 has been appropriated for a new training scheme.
(81) They designed that scheme for raising money.
(82) The scheme has the chairman's seal of approval.
(83) The scheme is partly financed by a government grant.
(84) The assembly adopted a resolution approving the scheme.
(85) The scheme has recently undergone drastic revision.
(86) This scheme was an abject failure.
(87) The scheme offers only minimal supervision for young offenders.
(88) The scheme achieved its primary purpose,[http://sentencedict.com/scheme.html] if nothing else.
(89) They're up in arms about/over the new management scheme.
(90) The merits of the scheme are quite obvious.
More similar words: theme, schedule, chemistry, chemical, on schedule, behind schedule, at the mercy of, ahead of schedule, them, school, scholar, at school, in school, all the more, the mass of, in the main, chef, chew, euphemism, themselves, at the moment, for the moment, cheat, cheer, cheap, cheek, chest, discharging, after school, scholarship.