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present participle of plot.

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plotting

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

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

WEAK

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

WEAK

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

WEAK

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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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

Mexico and Peru announced the restoration of diplomatic ties on Friday, following a months-long split over the asylum bid of a former Peruvian official accused of coup plotting.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

He had gone from a "loving partner" to a man who believed that she was "plotting" to take over his successful consulting business.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Father and son then begin plotting together to take back the palace from the suitors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

The tape of Nixon and his staff plotting to use the CIA to block the FBI’s investigation of the Watergate break-in proved to be the smoking gun prosecutors were looking for.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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