scheme
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
Types & categories
- plan of action hypernym
- dodge hyponym
- counterterrorism hyponym
- game plan hyponym
- game plan hyponym
- house of cards hyponym
- playbook hyponym
- plot hyponym
- pyramid scheme hyponym
- waiting game hyponym
- wheeze hyponym
- incentive program hyponym
Related & opposite
- strategist derivation
- strategic derivation
Sense 2 verb
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
Types & categories
- plot hypernym
Related & opposite
- intrigue derivation
- connivance derivation
Sense 3 noun
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
Types & categories
- falsehood hypernym
Related & opposite
- sidestep derivation
Sense 4 verb
devise a system or form a scheme for
Types & categories
- plan hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going
Types & categories
- group hypernym
- language system hyponym
- judicatory hyponym
- economy hyponym
- ecosystem hyponym
- social organization hyponym
- dragnet hyponym
- machinery hyponym
- network hyponym
- nonlinear system hyponym
- subsystem hyponym
- organism hyponym
- syntax hyponym
- body hyponym
- shebang hyponym
- solar system hyponym
- water system hyponym
- root system hyponym
Parts & wholes
- hierarchy part meronym
Sense 6 noun
an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
Types & categories
- representation hypernym
Related & opposite
- schematise derivation
- scheme derivation
- schematize derivation
- schematic derivation
Sense 7 noun
a schematic or preliminary plan
Types & categories
- program hypernym
Related & opposite
- scheme derivation
- schematize derivation
- draft derivation
- schematic derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strategist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strategic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plan of action |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dodge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterterrorism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | game plan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | game plan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | house of cards |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | playbook |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | plot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyramid scheme |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | waiting game |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wheeze |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | incentive program |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intrigue |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | connivance |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | plot |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sidestep |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | falsehood |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | schema |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | schema |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | plotter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | plan |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | hierarchy |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | group |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | language system |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | judicatory |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | economy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ecosystem |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | social organization |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | dragnet |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | machinery |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | network |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | nonlinear system |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | subsystem |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | organism |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | syntax |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | body |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | shebang |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | solar system |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | water system |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | root system |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | schematise |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | scheme |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | schematize |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | schematic |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | representation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | scheme |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | schematize |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | draft |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | schematic |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | program |