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schemer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun schemer has 1 sense
- schemer(n = noun.person) plotter - a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action; Array has particulars: angler, politician
is a kind of contriver, deviser, planner
Derived form verb scheme2
CIDE DICTIONARY
schemer, n.
One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer. [1913 Webster]
"Schemers and confederates in guilt."
[1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
schemer
Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Machiavellian, Quisling, archtraitor, betrayer, calculator, cockatrice, coconspirator, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, counterplotter, double agent, double-crosser, double-dealer, exploiter, finagler, informer, intrigant, intriguer, machinator, maneuverer, manipulator, operator, opportunist, plotter, quisling, rat, serpent, snake, strategist, tactician, timeserver, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, turncoat, wire-pullerROGET THESAURUS
schemer
Plan
N plan, scheme, design, project, proposal, proposition, suggestion, resolution, motion, precaution, deep- laid plan, system, organization, germ, sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche, brouillon, rough cast, rough draft, draught copy, copy, proof, revise, drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation), forecast, program, programme, prospectus, carte du pays, card, bill, protocol, order of the day, list of agenda, bill of fare, base of operations, platform, plank, slate, ticket, role, policy, contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device, pipelaying, stratagem, trick, alternative, loophole, shift, last shift, measure, step, stroke, stroke of policy, master stroke, trump card, court card, cheval de bataille, great gun, coup, coup d'etat, clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke, bright thought, bright idea, intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination, subplot, underplot, counterplot, schemer, schemist, schematist, strategist, machinator, projector, artist, promoter, designer, conspirator, intrigant, planned, strategic, strategical, planning, prepared, in course of preparation, under consideration, on the tapis, on the carpet, on the floor.
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