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View synonyms for scheming

scheming

[ skee-ming ]

adjective

  1. given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.

    Synonyms: cunning, calculating, artful



scheming

/ ˈskiːmɪŋ /

adjective

  1. given to making plots; cunning
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. intrigues
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈschemingly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • scheming·ly adverb
  • un·scheming adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scheming1

First recorded in 1830–40; scheme + -ing 2
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Example Sentences

A gossipy and scheming group of cardinals must select the new Pope, but there is backstabbing, wheeling and dealing behind the scenes.

From BBC

Say what you will about the Juice, but he’s been scheming his way across the Underworld for many moons.

From Salon

A new film about a gossipy and scheming group of cardinals who must select the new Pope has received its UK premiere at the London Film Festival.

From BBC

But prosecutors say he was scheming to defraud Anthem Blue Cross.

This accounting was, as the New York Times observes, “short a few details — the violence, the deaths and injuries, the alleged criminal scheming, the ‘Hang Mike Pence’ of it all.”

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