The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

trick, device, dodge, wile, ruse, intrigue, Colloq racket, game,
move: Ashton's scheme was to lure the security guards into the
outer room, then lock them in.
--v. 4 plan, plot, devise, contrive, intrigue, organize,
formulate, hatch, conspire, machinate, manoeuvre, connive,
concoct, Colloq cook up: Clifton had been scheming to get his
revenge on them ever since the Manchester episode.
scheming adj. conniving, plotting, nefarious, treacherous, crafty,
cunning, artful, sly, wily, devious, Machiavellian, intriguing,
slick, calculating, tricky, foxy, slippery, underhanded,
duplicitous, deceitful: Wait till I lay my hands on the
scheming little thief!
schism n. split, rift, break, breach, division, rupture, separation,
disunion: The schism was caused by a group of left-wing
idealists.
schismatic
adj. schismatical, separatist, breakaway, divisive, dissident,
heretical: The schismatic movement in art was marked by one
faction's abandonment of realism.
scholar n. 1 academic, professor, teacher, pedagogue, authority,
expert, pundit, savant, bookman, book-woman, man or woman of
letters, intellectual, highbrow, bookworm, Colloq egghead,
brain, US longhair: Professor Read is one of the most respected
linguistics scholars in the world. 2 student, pupil, schoolboy,
schoolgirl, undergraduate: Cosgrove was a failure as a scholar,
preferring football to physics.
scholarly adj. learned, erudite, lettered, scholastic, profound, deep,
intellectual, academic, highbrow(ed), ivory-tower(ed), Colloq
egghead, brainy, US longhair, long-haired: Her scholarly
achievements are not limited to scholarly articles for learned
journals.
scholarship
n. 1 learning, erudition, knowledge, lore, education,
schooling, training, preparation, Colloq know-how: Elsa Cairn
brings to her appointment as headmistress considerable
scholarship and experience. 2 grant, endowment, award,