scheming (Meaning)
scheming (s)
acting with a specific goal
concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest
scheming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scheme
scheming (a.)
Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing.
Synonyms & Antonyms of scheming
Synonyms:
- wily
- crafty
- beguiling
- subtle
- crooked
- dishonest
- cagey
- cagy
- guileful
- plotting
- foxy
- calculating
- fraudulent
- artful
- devious
- slick
- shady
- deceptive
- treacherous
- shrewd
- tricky
- sly
- deceitful
- designing
Antonyms:
- unaffected
- simpleminded
- unpretentious
- unsophisticated
- impressionable
- unvarnished
- aboveboard
- natural
- simpleminded
- trusting
- unworldly
- unworldly
- straightforward
- unaffected
- unpretending
- trusting
- straightforward
- natural
- candid
- unpretentious
- unvarnished
- childlike
- undesigning
- candid
- forthright
- childlike
- unsophisticated
- forthright
- impressionable
- undesigning
- aboveboard
- unpretending
Synonyms:
- concealed
- underhand
- insincere
- astute
- serpentine
- backhanded
- mealy
- secret
- stealthy
- shifty
- slippery
- double-dealing
- Machiavellian
- circuitous
- dodgy
- hypocritical
- glib
- clandestine
- mealymouthed
- furtive
- sharp
- facile
- undercover
- knavish
- sneaky
- oblique
- insinuating
- two-faced
- surreptitious
- circular
- covert
- unscrupulous
- underhanded
- roundabout
Antonyms:
scheming Sentence Examples
- The cunning politician schemed to outmaneuver his opponents in the upcoming election.
- The scheming CEO devised a plan to increase profits by exploiting loopholes.
- The ambitious employee schemed to sabotage her coworker's promotion.
- The scheming villain devised an elaborate plot to take over the world.
- The scheming aunt plotted to steal her niece's inheritance.
- The scheming spy gathered information by posing as a hotel concierge.
- The scheming witch brewed a potion to cast a love spell.
- The scheming lawyer twisted the law to his client's advantage.
- The scheming businessman manipulated his employees to achieve his financial goals.
- The scheming sorcerer employed dark magic to gain power and control.
FAQs About the word scheming
acting with a specific goal, concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interestof Scheme, Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing.
cunning, cute, wily, crafty, beguiling,subtle, crooked, dishonest, cagey, cagy
sincere, open, plain, patent, guileless, artless, obvious, ingenuous, outspoken, open
The cunning politician schemed to outmaneuver his opponents in the upcoming election.
The scheming CEO devised a plan to increase profits by exploiting loopholes.
The ambitious employee schemed to sabotage her coworker's promotion.
The scheming villain devised an elaborate plot to take over the world.
