scheming Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- beguiling
- devious
- designing
- calculating
- plotting
- shady
- crafty
- crooked
- cagey
- shrewd
- foxy
- deceitful
- deceptive
- wily
- slick
- sly
- guileful
- tricky
- treacherous
- subtle
- dishonest
- fraudulent
- artful
- cagy
Weak:
- sneaky
- astute
- circuitous
- roundabout
- concealed
- circular
- sharp
- glib
- underhanded
- insinuating
- secret
- covert
- dodgy
- mealymouthed
- undercover
- surreptitious
- underhand
- serpentine
- mealy
- furtive
- two-faced
- backhanded
- oblique
- clandestine
- double-dealing
- hypocritical
- knavish
- facile
- machiavellian
- unscrupulous
- shifty
- slippery
- stealthy
- insincere
Strongest:
- sincere
- direct
- simple
- patent
- honest
- artless
- obvious
- innocent
- real
- guileless
- innocent
- unconcealed
- outspoken
- obvious
- outspoken
- guileless
- patent
- open
- public
- plain
- honest
- frank
- ingenuous
- frank
- sincere
- real
- direct
- simple
- unconcealed
- artless
- ingenuous
- open
- plain
- public
Strong:
- unpretentious
- aboveboard
- unworldly
- unsophisticated
- straightforward
- natural
- undesigning
- unworldly
- unaffected
- unvarnished
- unpretending
- unpretentious
- candid
- undesigning
- simpleminded
- natural
- candid
- forthright
- straightforward
- simpleminded
- forthright
- unvarnished
- trusting
- unsophisticated
- aboveboard
- trusting
- childlike
- unaffected
- impressionable
- childlike
- impressionable
- unpretending
Weak:
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.
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, beguiling, devious, designing, calculating, plotting, shady, crafty, crooked
sincere, direct, simple, patent, honest, artless, obvious, innocent, real, guileless
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.