- scheme⇄noun schemer.
- scheme⇄noun 1. a program of action; plan.
Ex. He has a scheme for extracting salt from seawater. It forms no part of our scheme to tell what became of the remainder (Thackeray).
(SYN) design, project.
2. a self-seeking or underhanded project - scheme⇄scheme, noun, verb, schemed,scheming.
- scheme⇄v.i. to devise plans, especially underhanded or evil ones; plot.
Ex. Those men were scheming to cheat the government by bringing the jewels into the country without paying duty. - scheme⇄v.t. to devise (a plan or scheme); plan; plot.