conniver
One who conspires
A conniver is someone who secretly schemes or plots, typically for personal advantage.
The word suggests working behind the scenes, often in collaboration with others doing wrong: The whole scheme required connivers in both the accounting department and the warehouse.
Unlike a mere schemer, a conniver often achieves goals through willful blindness or tacit cooperation rather than direct action.
One who controls cunningly
- exploiterOne who uses unfairly
- userOne who operates something
- controllerDevice directing a system
- coercerOne who forces compliance
puppeteer · influencer · gaslighter · string-puller · opportunist · insidious · calculating · persuasive
Crafty, deceitful planner
- plotterMachinator or diagram machine
- intriguerOne who schemes secretly
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
- machinatorOne who schemes deviously
conspirator · strategist · tactician · planner · architect · maneuverer · operator · fixer
One who tricks others
- liarOne who speaks falsely
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- cheatAct dishonestly to win
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
dissembler · double-dealer · two-faced · duplicitous · dishonest · untrustworthy · treacherous · false
manipulator
One who controls cunningly
- exploiterOne who uses unfairly
- userOne who operates something
- controllerDevice directing a system
coercer · puppeteer · influencer · gaslighter · string-puller · opportunist · insidious · calculating · persuasive · controlling
schemer
Crafty, deceitful planner
- plotterMachinator or diagram machine
- intriguerOne who schemes secretly
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
machinator · conspirator · strategist · tactician · planner · architect · maneuverer · operator · fixer · wire-puller
deceiver
One who tricks others
swindler · dissembler · double-dealer · two-faced · duplicitous · dishonest · untrustworthy · treacherous · false · insincere
sly
Cleverly deceptive
shrewd · astute · guileful · devious · clever · tricky · subtle · calculating · sharp · foxy
- deceiversliar, liars, deceiver, fraud, fake
- swindlerscon artist, swindler, fraudster, scammer, grifter
- femme fatalesfemme fatale, seductress, temptress, vixen, enchantress
- schemersschemer, manipulator, plotter, intriguer, mastermind
- secret operativesspy, secret agent, double agent, infiltrator, sleeper agent
conniverstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
honest broker · truth-teller · straight arrow · naïf · innocent
conniverwhistleblower
Insider who reports misconduct
informant · exposer · truth-teller · reformer · watchdog
conniverstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
honest broker · truth-teller · saint · man of honor · do-gooder
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