scheming
/ˈskiːmɪŋ
/adjective
Given to or involved in making secret and underhand plans: they had mean, scheming little minds...
- She was planning, or rather scheming, in her children's lives.
- When my friend told me about this aspect of the pre-interview my scheming humorist mind awakened like a sleeping giant.
- They comply, but the scheming Lane has other plans.
Synonyms
cunning, crafty, calculating, devious, designing, conniving, wily, sly, tricky, artful, guileful, slippery, slick;
manipulative, Machiavellian, unscrupulous, disingenuous;
duplicitous, deceitful, Janus-faced, underhand, treacherous
informal foxy
South African informal slim
archaic subtle
noun [mass noun]
The activity or practice of making secret and underhand plans: his own colleagues accused him of scheming...
- He doubted she would be there, considering they were practically done with their scheming, but he was willing to hope for anything.
- Trapped by political scheming, he was left with little choice but to accept the military assignment.
- It's a glimpse into the golden age of kings, a lost world of luxury, political scheming, extravagance and hedonism.
