scheming

scheming
Synonyms and related words:
Byzantine, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, arch, artful, artifice, astute, cabal, cagey, calculating, canny, chiseling, clever, collusion, collusive, complicity, complot, confederacy, connivance, connivent, conniving, conspiracy, conspiring, contrivance, contriving, counterplot, covin, covinous, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, deep-laid plot, designing, devious, diplomatic, disingenuous, duplicitous, engineering, FALSE, falsehearted, feline, finagling, finesse, forsworn, foxy, frame-up, fraudulent, furtive, game, guileful, indirect, ingenious, insidious, insincere, intrigue, intriguing, inventive, knowing, little game, machination, maneuvering, manipulation, nefarious, packed deal, packed jury, pawky, perjured, planning, plot, plotting, politic, prearrangement, preconcertedness, premeditation, preordering, put-up job, ready, resourceful, rigged jury, rigging, scheme, schemery, serpentine, setup, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, stacked deck, stealthy, stratagem, stratagemical, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, surreptitious, tactical, treacherous, trick, trickish, tricksy, tricky, two-faced, uncandid, underhand, underhanded, underplot, unfrank, unsincere, untruthful, up to, vulpine, wary, web of intrigue, wily, wire-pulling

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  • scheming — Ⅰ. scheming UK US /ˈskiːmɪŋ/ adjective DISAPPROVING ► used to describe someone who makes clever secret plans intended to deceive others: »a scheming businessman Ⅱ. scheming UK US /ˈskiːmɪŋ/ noun [U] DISAPPROVING ► …   Financial and business terms

  • Scheming — Schem ing, a. Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing. {Schem ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scheming — index artful, collusion, collusive, deceptive, devious, diplomatic, dishonest, disingenuous, evasive …   Law dictionary

  • scheming — [adj] deceitful, sly artful, calculating, conniving, crafty, cunning, designing, duplicitous, foxy, slippery, tricky, underhand, wily; concept 542 Ant. aboveboard, honest, open …   New thesaurus

  • scheming — [skē′miŋ] adj. given to forming schemes or plots; crafty, tricky, deceitful, etc. schemingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • Scheming — Scheme Scheme, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Schemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scheming}.] To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot. [1913 Webster] That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction. G. Stuart. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scheming — adjective he finally saw his scheming wife for what she really was Syn: cunning, crafty, calculating, devious, designing, conniving, wily, sly, tricky, artful, guileful, slippery, slick, manipulative, Machiavellian, unscrupulous, disingenuous;… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Scheming Schemers — Infobox Film name = Scheming Schemers caption = director = Jules White writer = Felix Adler starring = Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Joe Palma Emil Sitka Kenneth MacDonald Christine McIntyre Symona Boniface Dudley Dickerson cinematography =… …   Wikipedia

  • scheming — adjective Date: 1741 given to forming schemes; especially devious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • scheming — schemingly, adv. /skee ming/, adj. given to making plans, esp. sly and underhand ones; crafty. [1830 40; SCHEME + ING2] Syn. artful, calculating, cunning. * * * …   Universalium

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