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plotting

ADJECTIVE

deep

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acute sharp tricky

STRONG

cunning designing keen knowing

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aboveboard frank honest

WEAK

artless open

ADJECTIVE

Machiavellian

Synonyms

STRONG

cunning expedient opportunist

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

ADJECTIVE

sly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

STRONGEST

foolish inept stupid

WEAK

honest open simple straight straightforward

ADJECTIVE

sneaking

Synonyms

STRONG

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

Example Sentences

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The second season of “House of the Dragon” left off with Rhaenyra and Alicent plotting for the former to take King’s Landing with minimal resistance in exchange for the latter’s freedom.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Interestingly, Kesha shed some light on her future relocation plans, declaring during a surprise DJ set at the start of May that she was plotting a move to San Francisco, where her appearance took place.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

In terms of where West Ham find themselves now, though, he can call on positive experiences when it comes to plotting an immediate top-flight return.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

I’m not looking for a bot to remove the grist of plotting out and writing something good.

From Slate • May 24, 2026

At the war’s peak, when the laboratory operated on a twenty-four-hour schedule, Dorothy often worked the 3:00 p.m.-to-ll:00 p.m. shift, responsible for eight computers’ work calculating data sheets, reading film, and plotting numbers.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

plotting

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