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schemed

ADJECTIVE
deliberate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
calculated careful cautious cold-blooded conscious meticulous premeditated prudent purposeful studious thoughtful willful
STRONG
advised considered designed express fixed intended judged planned pondered prearranged predetermined projected purposed reasoned resolved studied weighed
WEAK
aforethought cut-and-dried designful done on purpose predesigned predeterminate prepense provident purposive scrupulous thought-out voluntary wary with forethought witting
Antonyms
STRONGEST
careless heedless ignorant imprudent inattentive incautious thoughtless uncareful unmindful
STRONG
indefinite unplanned
WEAK
chance indeterminate unintentional unmethodical unsystematic unwitting
ADJECTIVE
proposed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
expected planned prospective recommended scheduled suggested
STRONG
advanced advised arranged considered contemplated designed determined intended moved pressed proffered purposed submitted urged volunteered
WEAK
contingent

Example Sentences

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Sean McVay and the Rams schemed against Kliff Kingsbury when he coached the Arizona Cardinals.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

He schemed to get an imported copy seized by customs to trigger a court case over its content.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Afforded extra space by his manager's decision to play Jack Grealish alongside him in a central position, De Bruyne schemed in the way he usually does.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024

City-states, hoping to win civic glory, sometimes schemed to bribe top athletes to falsely claim that city as their own.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

As for Penelope, she had found the whole business utterly exhausting, but she was glad of the outcome, for of course it was precisely what she had hoped and schemed for.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood