Synonyms of schemer

schemer

noun

as in conspirator

Related Words

• conspirator
• intriguer
• plotter
• traitor
• coconspirator
• turncoat
• quisling
• Judas
• backstabber
• betrayer
• double-dealer
• double-crosser
• apostate
• snake
• serpent
• cohort
• collaborator
• accessory
• abettor
• recreant
• subverter
• collaborationist
• sellout
• confederate
• subversive
• accommodationist

Example Sentences

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