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machinated

verb , past tense of machinate

Synonyms and Antonyms of machinated

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

a trio of courtiers who were discovered to be machinating against the queen

Synonyms of machinated

colluded, compassed, connived, conspired, contrived, intrigued, plotted, put up, schemed

Words Related to machinated

brewed, concocted, cooked (up), devised, hatched

engineered, jockeyed, maneuvered, manipulated

designed, framed, laid out, mapped, planned, shaped

2 to plan out usually with subtle skill or care

the hackers machinated a way to steal credit numbers from the company's Web site

Synonyms of machinated

contrived, engineered, finagled, finessed, framed, maneuvered, manipulated, masterminded, negotiated, wangled

Words Related to machinated

arranged, concerted, concluded, hammered out, worked out

angled (for), compassed, intrigued, plotted, schemed

brewed, concocted, cooked (up), hatched

captained, commanded, conducted, directed, handled, managed, quarterbacked, ran (also chiefly dialectal run)

Near Antonyms of machinated

blew, bobbled, botched, bungled, butchered, flubbed, fumbled, gummed (up), loused up, mangled, messed (up), mishandled, muffed

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