Attempt and Scheme

Attempt

Attempt noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.

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Scheme and attempt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scheme" instead the word "Attempt" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Scheme noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Attempt and scheme are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead the word "Scheme" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: schemed, scheming, schema, schemer, schematic

good	good attempt	good scheme
long	long attempt	long scheme
elaborate	elaborate attempt	elaborate scheme
similar	similar attempt	similar scheme
Other adjectives: original, fake, actual, entire, real, big, little, new, final, twisted, later, next, bizarre, last, latest, insane, failed.

Instead he kidnaps the boy himself in a futile attempt to still make the scheme work and dies while hiding in a cave.

Source: Let Off by the Detective
While the second scheme was not so much what you would say diabolical, the first scheme was the most diabolical one because it involved an attempt of Alan and his friend trying to wreck his mother's relationship with her boyfriend, Bob.

Source: Film / Picture Perfect
In the The Devil's Advocate, Kevin Lomax succeeds in his suicide attempt, undoing The Devil's entire scheme.

Source: Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?

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