contrivers
Those who devise
Contrivers are people who devise schemes, plans, or inventions.
The word carries a slight suggestion of craftiness—contrivers don't just plan, they plot: the contrivers of the conspiracy, contrivers of elaborate hoaxes.
The term can also apply neutrally to inventors or designers: the contrivers of the new tax code.
Secret joint schemers
- plottersThose devising secret plans
- schemersCrafty plot makers
- intriguersPeople who scheme secretly
- coconspiratorsJoint participants in conspiracy
colluders · cabalists · masterminds · ringleaders · instigators · architects · orchestrators · planners
Those who create plans
- inventorsCreators of new devices
- creatorsOnes who originate
- originatorsThose who create first
- designersThose who plan appearances
innovators · architects · engineers · developers · authors · formulators · makers · pioneers
People who influence deceitfully
- orchestratorsThose who organize complexities
- puppeteersControllers of jointed figures
- mastermindsPlans and directs schemes
- operatorsThose who manage equipment
schemers · tacticians · maneuverers · influencers · handlers · strategize · maneuver · exploit
Crafty plot makers
- deceiversThose who mislead intentionally
- trickstersThose who mislead deliberately
- fraudstersPeople who deceive for gain
- hoaxersThose who deceive deliberately
charlatans · impostors · dissemblers · pretenders · fabricators · falsifiers · liars · cheats
conspirators
Secret joint schemers
- plottersThose devising secret plans
- schemersCrafty plot makers
- intriguersPeople who scheme secretly
coconspirators · colluders · cabalists · masterminds · ringleaders · instigators · architects · orchestrators · planners · strategists
devisers
Those who create plans
- inventorsCreators of new devices
- creatorsOnes who originate
- originatorsThose who create first
designers · innovators · architects · engineers · developers · authors · formulators · makers · pioneers · craftsmen
manipulators
People who influence deceitfully
- orchestratorsThose who organize complexities
- puppeteersControllers of jointed figures
- mastermindsPlans and directs schemes
operators · schemers · tacticians · maneuverers · influencers · handlers · strategize · maneuver · exploit · engineer
schemers
Crafty plot makers
- deceiversThose who mislead intentionally
- trickstersThose who mislead deliberately
- fraudstersPeople who deceive for gain
hoaxers · charlatans · impostors · dissemblers · pretenders · fabricators · falsifiers · liars · cheats · swindlers
contriversbystanders
People present but uninvolved
spectators · onlookers · observers · pawns · victims
contriversinnocents
Blameless individuals
naifs · honest brokers · simpletons · rubes · marks
contriversimprovisers
Those creating spontaneously
reactors · bunglers · blunderers · drifters