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present participle of plot.

plotting

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deep adj.
Machiavellian adj.
sly adj.
sneaking adj.
outlining n.

ADJECTIVE

deep

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acute sharp tricky

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cunning designing keen knowing

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artful astute canny contriving crafty foxy guileful insidious intriguing shrewd sly wily

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aboveboard frank honest

WEAK

artless open

ADJECTIVE

Machiavellian

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STRONG

cunning expedient opportunist

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artful astute calculating conniving contriving crafty deceitful devious shrewd sly underhanded unscrupulous wily

ADJECTIVE

sly

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canny impish ingenious intriguing mischievous roguish shrewd smart subtle

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arch artful astute bluffing cagey calculating captious conniving covert crafty crooked cunning deceitful deceptive delusive designing dishonest dishonorable dissembling double-dealing elusive foxy furtive guileful illusory insidious mean scheming secret sharp shifty slick smooth sneaking stealthy traitorous treacherous tricky underhand unscrupulous wily

Antonyms

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foolish inept stupid

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honest open simple straight straightforward

ADJECTIVE

sneaking

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arch bluffing calculating conniving crooked designing dissembling intriguing mean scheming slick smart smooth

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artful astute cagey canny captious covert crafty cunning deceitful deceptive delusive dishonest dishonorable double-dealing elusive foxy furtive guileful illusory impish ingenious insidious mischievous roguish secret secretive sharp shifty shrewd sneaky stealthy subtle surreptitious traitorous treacherous tricky underhand unscrupulous wily

Antonyms

STRONG

aboveboard artless honest

NOUN

outlining

Synonyms

STRONG

aligning banding bounding charting circumscribing delimiting delineating depicting designing diagramming drafting drawing girdling mapping planning projecting tracing

WEAK

drawing up

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But Waldron was already plotting where a new bathroom would go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Earlier, the interior ministry said security agencies had arrested several suspects accused of plotting to interfere with the electoral system.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Cracker Barrel’s CEO was plotting a turnaround—but opened the door to her own exit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Since then, they've been plotting how to get their comrade home so they can confirm his identity beyond doubt through DNA testing and offer his family a semblance of closure.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

But concerning his subjects, when external affairs do not change, he has to fear that they may be plotting in secret.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

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