| Main Entry: | connive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plot, scheme |
Synonyms: |
angle, be in cahoots with, cabal, cogitate, collude, conspire, contrive, cook up, devise, diddle, finagle, frame, frame up, intrigue, machinate, operate, promote, wangle, wire, work hand in glove |
| Notes: | one connives at something but conspires with somebody |
| Main Entry: | falsify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter, misrepresent |
Synonyms: |
adulterate, belie, change, color, con, contort, contradict, contravene, cook, counterfeit, deacon, deceive, deny, distort, doctor, dress up, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, fake, fake it, fib, forge, four-flush, frame up, garble, gloss, lie, misquote, misstate, palter, pervert, phony up, prevaricate, promote, put on an act, salt, tamper with, traverse, trump up, twist, warp |
| Main Entry: | intrigue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plot |
Synonyms: |
angle, be in cahoots, cogitate, collude, connive, conspire, contrive, cook up, devise, finagle, frame up, machinate, maneuver, operate, plan, promote, scheme, set up*, work hand in glove |
Antonyms: |
forget, neglect |
| Main Entry: | premeditated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | planned, intended |
Synonyms: |
advised, aforethought, calculated, conscious, considered, contrived, deliberate, designed, fixed, framed up, intentional, laid-out, prepense, purposed, rigged, set-up, sewn-up, stacked deck, studied, thought-out, willful |
Antonyms: |
accidental, casual, spontaneous |