intriguer
One who conspires
An intriguer is someone who engages in secret schemes or plots, typically for personal advantage or to manipulate others.
The word carries connotations of cunning and behind-the-scenes maneuvering: a skilled intriguer at court, political intriguers working to undermine the administration.
It suggests someone who operates through deception rather than direct confrontation.
Machinator or diagram machine
- conspiratorOne planning in secret
- conniverOne who schemes secretly
- machinatorOne who schemes deviously
- maneuvererOne who steers skillfully
mastermind · manipulator · operator · fixer · wheeler-dealer · Machiavelli · Iago · calculating
One who acts independently
- operativeCovert field agent
- moleSubterranean insectivore
- infiltratorOne who enters covertly
- spymasterHead of espionage operations
intelligence · espionage · covert · clandestine · undercover · surveillance · counterintelligence · handler
One who lures romantically
- temptressWoman who entices
- CasanovaProverbial ladies' man
- charmerOne who captivates others
- enchanterOne who uses magic
coquette · flirt · wiles · allure · beguiling · captivating · enticing · romantic
plotter
Machinator or diagram machine
- conspiratorOne planning in secret
- conniverOne who schemes secretly
- machinatorOne who schemes deviously
maneuverer · mastermind · manipulator · operator · fixer · wheeler-dealer · Machiavelli · Iago · calculating · cunning
agent
One who acts independently
- operativeCovert field agent
- moleSubterranean insectivore
- infiltratorOne who enters covertly
spymaster · intelligence · espionage · covert · clandestine · undercover · surveillance · counterintelligence · handler · asset
seducer
One who lures romantically
enchanter · coquette · flirt · wiles · allure · beguiling · captivating · enticing · romantic · liaison
enigma
Something hard to fathom
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- curiosityDesire to learn
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
mystique · secretive · cryptic · inscrutable · elusive · shadowy · veiled · unknown · baffling · tantalizing
courtier
Royal household attendant
- favoriteMost liked option
- adviserOne giving professional guidance
- power-brokerInfluential political dealmaker
flatterer · sycophant · backstairs · Richelieu · Rasputin · patronage · faction · cabal · clique · jockeying
- schemersschemer, manipulator, conniver, plotter, mastermind
- swindlerscon artist, swindler, fraudster, scammer, grifter
- secret operativesspy, secret agent, double agent, infiltrator, sleeper agent
intriguerstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
honest broker · straight talker · truth-teller · open book · innocent
intriguerloyalist
Faithful supporter of authority
faithful servant · true believer · stalwart · devoted follower · team player
- political intrigueCovert governmental scheming
- court intriguePolitical scheming at royal halls
- palace intrigueScheming within ruling circles
- romantic intrigueSecret romantic maneuvering
- royal intrigueScheming within a monarchy
- intriguing plotFascinating story structure
intrigue, intriguing, intrigued, intrigues, intriguingly, intriguers