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Synonyms & Antonyms of designing
(Entry 1 of 2)
clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means
- a fraudulent scheme contrived by a group of greedy and designing people
Synonyms for designing
Words Related to designing
- crooked,
- deceitful,
- deceptive,
- dishonest,
- fraudulent,
- insinuating,
- knavish,
- Machiavellian,
- oblique,
- serpentine,
- shady,
- shifty,
- slippery,
- sneaky,
- treacherous,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unscrupulous
Near Antonyms for designing
Antonyms for designing
designing
verbpresent participle of design
Synonyms of designing (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
- early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company
Synonyms for designing
- aiming,
- allowing
- [chiefly Southern & Midland],
- aspiring,
- calculating,
- contemplating,
- going
- [chiefly Southern & Midland],
- intending,
- looking,
- meaning,
- meditating,
- planning,
- proposing,
- purporting,
- purposing
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2
to work out the details of (something) in advance
- the foreman designed a better layout for the factory floor to improve efficiency
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The first known use of designing was in 1641
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