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conniving

verb , present participle of connive

Synonyms and Antonyms of conniving

1 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 of conniving

Words Related to conniving

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

Near Antonyms of conniving

disapproving (of), frowning (on or upon)

denying, disallowing, refusing

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

suspects that his coworkers are conniving to get him fired

Synonyms of conniving

colluding, compassing, conspiring, contriving, intriguing, machinating, plotting, putting up, scheming

Words Related to conniving

counterplotting

brewing, concocting, cooking (up), devising, hatching

engineering, jockeying, maneuvering, manipulating

designing, framing, laying out, mapping, planning, shaping

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