Aim
Aim noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.
Usage example: the main aim of a trip to the city is to shop for school clothes, but we always go to the artisans' market, too
Scheme is a synonym for aim in intention topic. In some cases you can use "Scheme" instead the word "Aim" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like plan, goal.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good aim | good scheme |
| particular | particular aim | particular scheme |
| similar | similar aim | similar scheme |
| specific | specific aim | specific scheme |
| Other adjectives: original, actual, entire, real, great, horrible, main, ultimate, general, political, ridiculous, primary, insane, red, overall. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Damn You, Muscle Memory: Many people dislike the control scheme in Prime and Echoes because the other analog stick is not used to aim, like in Halo or many other FPS's.
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And Prime's control scheme is partly to blame for its uselessness, since you couldn't aim and move at the same time.
Source: Videogame Flamethrowers Suck - Free Shot gives you a shooting scheme straight out of Contra, whereas Fixed Shot makes you stand still and aim in the direction you press the D-pad while firing.
Source: Denial of Diagonal Attack
Cite this Source
Scheme and Aim. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/aim/scheme
Aim & Scheme. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/aim/scheme>.
Scheme or Aim. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/aim/scheme.
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