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单词 scheming
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scheming

Could he have been pushed into bumping off his main rival by his scheming wife?The films portray executives as scheming, manipulative and dishonest.The sculpture seems to accuse them of plotting and scheming, but that could just be me.A woman is sent to prison thanks to the scheming of her deceitful husband.I set about plotting and scheming, carving my gun from a piece of soap.Despite librarians' reputation for being riled only by noise, history suggests that they are a prone to scheming and political activism.

Synonyms of 'scheming'

calculating, cunning, sly, designing
More Synonyms of scheming
(adjective) 
a cold, scheming villain
Synonyms
calculating
He is a cool, calculating and clever criminal.
cunning
He's a cunning, devious, good-for-nothing so-and-so.
sly
He is devious, sly and manipulative.
designing
the wily cunning of a designing hypocrite
tricky
They could encounter some tricky political manoeuvring.
slippery
a slippery customer
wily
He is an experienced and wily old statesman.
artful
the smiles and artifices of someone subtly artful
conniving
I think you are a greedy and conniving person.
Machiavellian
the Machiavellian and devious way decisions were made
foxy
He had wary, foxy eyes.
deceitful
underhand
The Prime Minister had been involved in underhand financial deals.
duplicitous
Opposites
honest
,
above-board
,
straightforward
,
naive
,
trustworthy
,
artless
,
ingenuous
,
guileless
,
undesigning

Additional synonyms

in the sense of artful
Definition
cunning
the smiles and artifices of someone subtly artful
Synonyms
cunning,
designing,
scheming,
sharp,
smart,
clever,
subtle,
intriguing,
tricky,
shrewd,
sly,
wily,
politic,
crafty,
foxy,
deceitful
in the sense of conniving
I think you are a greedy and conniving person.
Synonyms
scheming,
designing,
plotting,
calculating,
conspiring,
contriving,
caballing,
collusive
in the sense of cunning
Definition
clever at deceiving
He's a cunning, devious, good-for-nothing so-and-so.
Synonyms
crafty,
knowing,
sly,
devious,
artful,
sharp,
subtle,
tricky,
shrewd,
astute,
canny,
wily,
Machiavellian,
shifty (informal),
foxy,
guileful

Nearby words of
scheming

  • schematize
  • scheme
  • schemer
  • scheming
  • schism
  • schismatic
  • schmaltzy

Related terms of
scheming

  • scheme

Synonyms of 'scheming'

scheming

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of designing
Definition
cunning and scheming
the wily cunning of a designing hypocrite
Synonyms
scheming,
plotting,
intriguing,
crooked (informal),
shrewd,
conspiring,
cunning,
sly,
astute,
treacherous,
unscrupulous,
devious,
wily,
crafty,
artful,
conniving,
Machiavellian,
deceitful
in the sense of foxy
Definition
of or resembling a fox, esp. in craftiness
He had wary, foxy eyes.
Synonyms
crafty,
knowing,
sharp,
tricky,
shrewd,
cunning,
sly,
astute,
canny,
devious,
wily,
artful,
guileful
in the sense of Machiavellian
Definition
cleverly deceitful and unscrupulous
the Machiavellian and devious way decisions were made
Synonyms
scheming,
cynical,
shrewd,
cunning,
designing,
intriguing,
sly,
astute,
unscrupulous,
wily,
opportunist,
crafty,
artful,
amoral,
foxy,
deceitful,
underhand,
double-dealing,
perfidious (literary)
in the sense of slippery
Definition
not to be trusted
a slippery customer
Synonyms
untrustworthy,
tricky,
cunning,
false,
treacherous,
dishonest,
devious,
crafty,
evasive,
sneaky,
two-faced,
shifty (informal),
foxy,
duplicitous
in the sense of sly
Definition
secretive and skilled at deception
He is devious, sly and manipulative.
Synonyms
cunning,
scheming,
devious,
secret,
clever,
subtle,
tricky,
covert,
astute,
wily,
insidious,
crafty,
artful,
furtive,
conniving,
Machiavellian,
shifty (informal),
foxy,
underhand,
stealthy,
guileful
in the sense of tricky
Definition
sly or wily
They could encounter some tricky political manoeuvring.
Synonyms
crafty,
scheming,
subtle,
cunning,
slippery,
sly,
deceptive,
devious,
wily,
artful,
foxy,
deceitful
in the sense of underhand
Definition
sly, deceitful, and secretive
The Prime Minister had been involved in underhand financial deals.
Synonyms
sly,
secret,
crooked (informal),
devious,
sneaky,
secretive,
fraudulent,
treacherous,
dishonest,
deceptive,
clandestine,
unscrupulous,
crafty,
unethical,
furtive,
deceitful,
surreptitious,
stealthy,
dishonourable,
below the belt (informal),
underhanded
in the sense of wily
Definition
sly or crafty
He is an experienced and wily old statesman.
Synonyms
cunning,
designing,
scheming,
sharp,
intriguing,
arch,
tricky,
crooked (informal),
shrewd,
sly,
astute,
deceptive,
crafty,
artful,
shifty (informal),
foxy,
cagey (informal),
deceitful,
underhand,
guileful,
fly (slang)
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