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scheming - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | scheming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deceitful, sly |
| Synonyms: | artful, calculating, crafty, cunning, designing, duplicitous, foxy, slippery, tricky, underhand, wily, conniving |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, honest, open |
| Main Entry: | artful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skillful; cunning |
| Synonyms: | adept, adroit, clever, crafty, designing, dexterous, foxy*, ingenious, masterly, politic, proficient, resourceful, scheming, sharp, shrewd, slick*, sly, smart, smooth*, tricky, wily |
| Antonyms: | artless, ingenuous, naive, unskillful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | calculating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scheming to manipulate |
| Synonyms: | Machiavellian, artful, canny, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, considerate, crafty, cunning, designing, devious, discreet, gingerly, guarded, intelligent, politic, safe, scheming, sharp, shrewd, sly, wary, wily, contriving, guileful, manipulative, premeditating |
| Antonyms: | artless, naive, unassuming, uncalculating |
| Main Entry: | deceptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, bum*, catchy, crafty, cunning, deceitful, delusive, designing, disingenuous, fake, fallacious, false, fishy, foxy, fraudulent, illusory, indirect, insidious, lying, misleading, mock, oblique, off*, phony, plausible, rascal, roguish, scheming, seeming, serpentine, shifty, slick, slippery, sly, sneaky, snide, specious, spurious, subtle, treacherous, tricky, two-faced*, underhand, underhanded, unreliable, wily, astucious, beguiling, deceiving, deluding, delusory, imposturous |
| Notes: | deceitful means intended to deceive or cheat while deceptive means causing one to believe what is not true or likely to mislead someone |
| Antonyms: | forthright, frank, honest, open, truthful, upright |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | designing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plotting, crafty |
| Synonyms: | Machiavellian, artful, astute, crooked, cunning, deceitful, devious, heedful, intriguing, observant, scheming, sharp, shrewd, sly, treacherous, tricky, unscrupulous, wily, conniving, conspiring |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, artless, honest, unplanned, not clever |
| Main Entry: | diplomatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | politic, tactful |
| Synonyms: | adept, arch, artful, astute, bland, brainy, cagey, calculating, capable, clever, conciliatory, courteous, crafty, cunning, deft, delicate, dexterous, discreet, gracious, intriguing, polite, prudent, savvy, scheming, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, sly, smooth, strategic, suave, subtle, wily, conniving, contriving, guileful, opportunistic |
| Antonyms: | artless, impolite, rude, tactless |
| Main Entry: | furtive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sneaky, secretive |
| Synonyms: | artful, calculating, cautious, circumspect, clandestine, cloaked, covert, crafty*, creepy*, cunning, disguised, elusive, evasive, foxy, hidden, hush-hush*, insidious, masked, scheming, shifty*, sly, stealthy, surreptitious, tricky*, under wraps*, undercover, underhand, underhanded, wily, conspiratorial, guileful, skulking, slinking, sub-rosa, under-the-table |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, forthright, honest, open, truthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shifty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deceitful, untrustworthy |
| Synonyms: | cagey, collusive, crafty, crooked, cunning, devious, dishonest, duplicitous, elusive, evasive, fly-by-night*, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, insidious, lying, mendacious, roguish, scheming, shady, shrewd, slick, slimy*, slippery, sly, sneaky, treacherous, tricky, underhand, unprincipled, untruthful, wily, conniving, contriving, dodging, equivocating, prevaricative, prevaricatory, shuffling, unhonest |
| Antonyms: | forthright, frank, honest, trustworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clever, devious |
| Synonyms: | arch, artful, astute, cagey, calculating, canny, captious, covert, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, designing, dishonest, dishonorable, double-dealing, elusive, foxy, furtive, illusory, impish, ingenious, insidious, intriguing, mean, mischievous, roguish, scheming, secret, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, smart, smooth, stealthy, subtle, traitorous, treacherous, tricky, underhand, unscrupulous, wily, bluffing, conniving, dissembling, guileful, plotting, sneaking |
| Antonyms: | honest, open, simple, straight, straightforward, unclever |
| Main Entry: | unscrupulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral |
| Synonyms: | arrant, base, corrupt, crafty, crooked, deceitful, degraded, degrading, disgraceful, dishonest, dishonorable, illegal, improper, mercenary, perfidious, petty, questionable, recreant, ruthless, scandalous, scheming, selfish, shady, shameless, shifty, sinister, slippery, sly, two-faced*, unconscionable, underhand, underhanded, unethical, unfair, unprincipled, unworthy, venal, wicked, wrongful, casuistic, conscienceless, exploitative, low-down*, self-seeking, unconscientious |
| Antonyms: | ethical, good, moral, scrupulous, principled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cunning |
| Synonyms: | angle, artifice, cheating, chicanery, con*, contrivance, craft, deceit, deception, device, dishonesty, dodge, feint, flimflam*, fraud, gambit, game, gimmick, guile, hoax, horseplay, imposition, lure, maneuver, monkey business*, plot, ploy, racket*, ruse, scam*, scheming, setup, shenanigans*, skullduggery*, slant, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, switch, trick, trickery, twist, artfulness, chicane, craftiness, dissimulation, little game, monkeyshines, slyness |
| Antonyms: | stupidity, naivety |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wily |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crafty, clever |
| Synonyms: | arch, artful, astute, cagey, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, deep, designing, foxy, greasy*, insidious, intriguing, knowing, sagacious, scheming, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick*, slippery*, sly, smooth, sneaky, tricky, underhanded, crazy like a fox, guileful, streetwise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | underhanded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
| Synonyms: | cheating, clandestine, corrupt, deceitful, devious, dishonest, scheming, secretive, shifty, sly, sneaky, guileful |
| Antonyms: | open, public |
| Main Entry: | devious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, crafty |
| Synonyms: | artful, calculating, crooked, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, errant, erring, evasive, fishy*, foxy*, fraudulent, indirect, insidious, insincere, oblique, put on, roundabout, scheming, shady, shifty, shrewd, sly, sneaky, surreptitious, treacherous, tricky, underhanded, wily, faking one out, guileful, not straightforward, obliquitous, playing games, playing politics, sneaking |
| Antonyms: | artless, frank, honest, open, straightforward, trustworthy, truthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | artifice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cunning; deception |
| Synonyms: | chicanery, dishonesty, duplicity, guile, scheming, trickery, artfulness, craftiness, slyness, wiliness |
| Antonyms: | candor, frankness, honesty, honor, innocence, reality, sincerity, truthfulness, ingenuousness, openness |
| Main Entry: | subtle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clever, cunning |
| Synonyms: | analytical, artful, astute, complex, crafty, deep, designing, detailed, devious, dexterous, exacting, foxy, insidious, intriguing, keen, penetrating, perceptive, precise, scheming, shrewd, skillful, sly, wily, analytic, guileful, ratiocinative |
| Antonyms: | forthright, honest, open |
| Main Entry: | tricky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deceptive, sly |
| Synonyms: | artful, astute, cagey, catchy, clever, crafty, cunning, deceitful, deep, delusive, devious, dishonest, foxy, greasy*, insidious, intelligent, keen, misleading, scheming, shady, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick*, slippery*, smooth, subtle, treacherous, wily, wry, delusory, guileful, streetwise, witted |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, frank, honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | angle for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to get |
| Synonyms: | connive, conspire, contrive, fish for, hint, hunt, invite, maneuver, plan, plot, scheme, seek, solicit, strive, aim for, be after, cast about for, look for, try for |
| Main Entry: | arrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make plans, often involving agreement |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, agree to, blueprint, chart, compromise, concert, construct, contrive, decide, design, determine, devise, direct, draft, establish, frame*, harmonize, iron out*, lay out, manage, negotiate, organize, prepare, project, promote, provide, resolve, schedule, scheme, settle, tailor, work out, come to terms, get act together, get ready, hammer out a deal, line up, make a connection, make ready, map out, pull a wire, pull things together, quarterback, set stage, shape up, work out a deal |
| Antonyms: | disorganize, not plan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, devise |
| Synonyms: | breed, compound, concoct, contrive, develop, excite, foment, form, gather, hatch, loom, mull, plot, project, scheme, start, weave, impend, stir up |
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