scheme

How to sign: a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
"a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going";

Similiar / Same: system

Categories: group, grouping

Within this category: body, dragnet, economy, ecosystem, judiciary, language system, machinery, network, nonlinear system, organism, rootage, shebang, social organization, solar system, subsystem, syntax, water system

scheme

How to sign: an elaborate and systematic plan of action

Similiar / Same: strategy

Categories: plan of action

Within this category: contrivance, counterterrorism, game plan, game plan, house of cards, incentive program, playbook, plot, pyramid scheme, waiting game, wheeze

scheme

How to sign: form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

Similiar / Same: intrigue, connive

Categories: plot