scheming
adjective
[ ˈskiːmɪŋ ]
• given to or involved in making secret and underhand plans.
• "they had mean, scheming little minds"
Similar:
cunning,
crafty,
calculating,
devious,
designing,
conniving,
wily,
sly,
tricky,
artful,
guileful,
slippery,
slick,
manipulative,
Machiavellian,
unscrupulous,
disingenuous,
duplicitous,
deceitful,
Janus-faced,
underhand,
treacherous,
foxy,
slim,
subtle,
scheming
noun
• the activity or practice of making secret and underhand plans.
• "his own colleagues accused him of scheming"
scheme
verb
• make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong.
Similar:
plot,
hatch a plot,
conspire,
take part in a conspiracy,
intrigue,
connive,
manoeuvre,
plan,
lay plans,
machinate,
cabal,
complot,
• arrange according to a colour scheme.
• "she was busy arranging flowers, scheming the candles and napkins"
Origin:
mid 16th century (denoting a figure of speech): from Latin schema, from Greek (see schema). An early sense was ‘diagram of the position of celestial objects’, giving rise to ‘diagram, outline’, whence the current senses. The unfavourable notion ‘plot’ arose in the mid 18th century.
