scheme
noun
1. an elaborate and systematic plan of action
Similar word(s): strategy
Definition categories: thought
2. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
Similar word(s): dodge, dodging
Definition categories: communication, falsehood, falsity, untruth
3. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
Similar word(s): system
Definition categories: group, grouping
4. an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
Similar word(s): schema
Definition categories: thought, representation
5. a schematic or preliminary plan