conniver

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conniver
Noun
  • His second administration isn't a story about how dirty trails all lead up to one grand schemer, but rather that there’s no scheme at all.
    Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Taylor Momsen, who played the social-climbing schemer across the first four seasons of the teen drama, recently divulged the details of her abrupt exit from the show.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Thompson is perfectly paired with Wilson, an actor who can go from disheveled wallflower to calculating plotter to deer-in-the-headlights comic fighter with a widening of the eye or twisting of the lips.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The plotters received extensive aid from the U.S., where plans were also drawn up to provide military support should the upheaval devolve into a civil war.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Conniver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conniver. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.

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