Synonyms of conniving

conniving 1 of 2

noun

as in connivance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• connivance
• collusion
• complicity
• strategy
• ground plan
• cabal
• manipulation
• subterfuge
• stratagem
• racket
• system
• conspiration
• confederacy
• program
• trickery
• maneuver
• gimmick
• contrivance
• dodge
• game
• ring
• cover-up
• machination
• trick
• draft
• intrigue
• artifice
• frame-up
• conspiracy
• counterplot
• scheme
• counterconspiracy
• plot
• design

conniving

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verb

present participle of connive

1

as in winking

to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful

the principal connived at all the school absences that were recorded on the day of the city's celebration of its Super Bowl victory

Synonyms & Similar Words

• winking
• ignoring
• tolerating
• forgiving
• disregarding
• condoning
• overlooking
• excusing
• brushing (aside or off)
• passing over
• pardoning
• glossing (over)
• shrugging off
• glozing (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• refusing
• frowning (on or upon)
• disapproving (of)
• disallowing

2

as in plotting

to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends

suspects that his coworkers are conniving to get him fired

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plotting
• scheming
• conspiring
• intriguing
• planning
• colluding
• contriving
• machinating
• devising
• hatching
• manipulating
• engineering
• compassing
• concocting
• putting up
• maneuvering
• cooking (up)
• jockeying
• designing
• counterplotting
• brewing
• shaping
• mapping
• framing
• laying out