Synonyms of machinating

machinating

verb

present participle of machinate

1

as in plotting

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 & Similar Words

• plotting
• scheming
• conniving
• colluding
• conspiring
• planning
• contriving
• intriguing
• devising
• concocting
• manipulating
• engineering
• compassing
• hatching
• jockeying
• designing
• maneuvering
• brewing
• putting up
• shaping
• cooking (up)
• counterplotting
• mapping
• framing
• laying out

2

as in negotiating

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 & Similar Words

• negotiating
• plotting
• manipulating
• arranging
• engineering
• maneuvering
• contriving
• managing
• wangling
• framing
• masterminding
• finessing
• finagling
• scheming
• concluding
• conniving
• concocting
• concerting
• conducting
• intriguing
• hatching
• directing
• working out
• brewing
• handling
• compassing
• commanding
• hammering out
• cooking (up)
• angling (for)
• gerrymandering
• running
• quarterbacking
• captaining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fumbling
• blowing
• bungling
• mangling
• butchering
• mishandling
• botching
• messing (up)
• gumming (up)
• muffing
• bobbling
• flubbing
• lousing up