Pattern
Pattern noun - A unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric).
Usage example: a coverlet with a nosegay of tiny pink roses as the pattern
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Synonyms for Pattern
Scheme is a synonym for pattern in system topic. In some cases you can use "Scheme" instead the word "Pattern" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like diagram, illustration, wiring.
Scheme
Scheme noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.
Usage example: a scheme to upgrade the city's mass transit system
Pattern is a synonym for scheme in diagram topic. You can use "Pattern" instead the word "Scheme" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as arrangement, illustration, wiring, course of action.
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How words are described
| old | old pattern | old scheme |
| exact | exact pattern | exact scheme |
| elaborate | elaborate pattern | elaborate scheme |
| distinctive | distinctive pattern | distinctive scheme |
| Other adjectives: particular, similar, typical, usual, specific, complex, current, standard, original, green, simple, entire, great, complicated, blue, black, white, new, unique, general, yellow, basic, different, red. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The giveaway that the F-16s aren't American is that the Air Force has never used a desert camo pattern on the F-16s, instead painting them in a two-tone low-viz grey scheme.
Source: Film / Iron Eagle - The primary color scheme of hybrid dragon eggs corresponds with its main element and the pattern on the egg corresponds with its secondary element.
Source: Video Game / Dragonvale - The rhyme scheme that the Jonah Jameson Captain Ersatz rambles is the pattern for a Petrarchian sonnet.
Source: Genius Bonus / Western Animation
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Scheme and Pattern. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pattern/scheme
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