schemer

noun

Definition of schemernext
as in conspirator

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Recent Examples of schemer Matt Damon plays Odysseus as a gruff, practical tactician, rather than an energetically inventive and morally dubious schemer. — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 The Intrigue, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (July 14) Advertisement For a handsome schemer in Mexico during the 1940s, love and longing may be the best way to an income. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026 The film is set in a declining industrial city in Northeast China and traces a young man’s search for his father, a small-time schemer who chased quick riches during the freewheeling capitalist surge of the late 1990s and early 2000s in Southern China. — Marcus Lim, Variety, 18 June 2026 Readers may learn about the Florida aquifer, cowhunters, deadhead logging, old-school conservationists such as Marjory Stoneman Douglas and even Charles Ponzi, the famed schemer. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026 Mike McDaniel is the exact schemer and play caller who can maximize this skill set, though. — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026 Thomas Jefferson, the great hero of the Declaration of Independence, is shown as hypocritical, cowardly, manipulative, a schemer of every kind. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026 The standout is Jack Davenport, playing Soames’ father James as a shameless schemer, bent on frustrating his brother’s side of the family by any means necessary. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026 The schemer makes out with bags of money, while the followers are left with nearly worthless assets. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schemer
  1. conspirator
  2. plotter
  3. traitor
  4. coconspirator
Noun
  • Informing your supporters that their problems are the result of a shadowy cabal of billionaire conspirators tends to unleash passions that can be difficult to control.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Maxwell has argued that her conviction violated a 2007 plea deal Epstein made with federal prosecutors in which the government agreed not to prosecute any of his co-conspirators.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 29 July 2026
Definition of conspirator
Noun
  • Then in the 1980s, vinyl plotters came on the market, and people started using those machines to cut out letters for signs.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 22 June 2026
  • The plotters behind the coup had rolled tanks down the main streets, parking them at strategic locations all over the city.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Definition of plotter
Noun
  • His tenure was upended by the arrest of Aldrich Ames, a CIA traitor.
    — Bob Drogin, Washington Post, 22 July 2026
  • In reality, the big debate has been about questions such as whether military bases should be named for traitors and whether governments should host monuments to a rebellion to defend slavery.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Definition of traitor
Noun
  • Faiq’s co-coconspirator allegedly had an altercation with the victims’ son in a Miami nightclub in July 2024.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
  • His coconspirator, Gary Cox, was previously convicted and sentenced to 15 years over his part in the scheme.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2026
Definition of coconspirator

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