Meaning & use
Scheming
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Engaging in secret or underhanded planning to achieve a self-serving goal.
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The scheming advisor plotted to seize control of the company.
Nobody trusted the scheming politician's sudden change of heart.
A note on using this word
Almost always used disapprovingly, "scheming" implies deliberate deceit rather than simple, honest planning.
Words with a similar meaning
connivingplotting
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Words with an opposite meaning
honeststraightforward
Another way to use it
2. verb
Devising secret or underhanded plans.
He spent the evening scheming about how to win the contract unfairly.
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