machinator
One who conspires
A machinator is someone who schemes or plots, especially in secret.
The word carries connotations of cunning and often malicious intent—a machinator doesn't just plan, but crafts elaborate designs against others: The senator was revealed as the chief machinator behind the conspiracy.
The term is formal and somewhat literary.
Machinator or diagram machine
- conniverOne who schemes secretly
- conspiratorOne planning in secret
- intriguerOne who schemes secretly
- strategistExpert in planning campaigns
tactician · calculating · cunning · devious · crafty · sly · artful · shrewd
Scheme's chief planner
- architectBuilding design professional
- brainSeat of cognition
- plannerAgenda for scheduling
- strategistExpert in planning campaigns
schemer · blueprint · design · contrive · devise · concoct · hatch · engineer
Storyline or land parcel
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- cabalScheming political faction
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
treachery · betrayal · subterfuge · clandestine · covert · secret · intrigue · sedition
plotter
Machinator or diagram machine
- conniverOne who schemes secretly
- conspiratorOne planning in secret
- intriguerOne who schemes secretly
strategist · tactician · calculating · cunning · devious · crafty · sly · artful · shrewd · manipulator
mastermind
Scheme's chief planner
strategist · schemer · blueprint · design · contrive · devise · concoct · hatch · engineer · calculate
plot
Storyline or land parcel
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- cabalScheming political faction
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
coup · treachery · betrayal · subterfuge · clandestine · covert · secret · intrigue · sedition · subversion
puppeteer
Performer controlling jointed figures
exploit · deceive · maneuver · engineer · sway · finagle · wangle · orchestrate · twist · shape
machinatorstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
honest broker · truth-teller · benefactor · altruist · do-gooder
machination, machinations, machinate, machinating, machinated, machinates