Planning and Scheme

Planning

Planning noun - An act of formulating a program for a definite course of action.

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Scheme and planning are semantically related in design topic. In some cases you can use "Scheme" instead the word "Planning" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: planned, planner

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

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Planning and scheme are semantically related in design topic. You can use "Planning" instead a noun "Scheme".

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

good	good planning	good scheme
long	long planning	long scheme
elaborate	elaborate planning	elaborate scheme
similar	similar planning	similar scheme
Other adjectives: complex, original, brilliant, actual, real, massive, big, great, complicated, evil, little, villainous, clever, criminal, general, official, basic, last, wacky.

Wrong Genre Savvy: The Slave King recognizes Celestia has some scheme up her sleeve, but believes she's planning an invasion instead of her Love Redeems plot.

Source: Fanfic / The Great Slave King
However, since the Navy and CIA worked out a plan to trick the Russians into thinking that the Red October had been destroyed, this scheme never got past the planning stage.

Source: Literature / The Hunt for Red October
Whenever villain Charles Montgomery Burns is in his mansion or is planning another evil scheme, you can bet you will hear that sinister music reminiscent of Citizen Kane's opening sequence.

Source: Leitmotif / Western Animation

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