MACHIAVELIANS Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word machiavelians. (close relations)
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| artful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness • marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft | ||||||
| calculating | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • acting with a specific goal | ||||||
| conniving | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end • acting with a specific goal | ||||||
| crafty | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • marked by skill in deception | ||||||
| cunning | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception • crafty artfulness (especially in deception) adjective satellite • attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness • marked by skill in deception • showing inventiveness and skill | ||||||
| deceitful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • involving deception • marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | ||||||
| devious | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading • characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive • deviating from a straight course | ||||||
| dishonest | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive adjective satellite • capable of being corrupted | ||||||
| disingenuous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness | ||||||
| duplicitous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | ||||||
| guileful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • marked by skill in deception | ||||||
| insidious | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • beguiling but harmful • intended to entrap • working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | ||||||
| manipulative | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage | ||||||
| perfidious | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | ||||||
| scheming | verb, adverb, noun, adjectivev, adv, n, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • acting with a specific goal • concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest | ||||||
| slick | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • a slippery smoothness • a magazine printed on good quality paper • a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water • a trowel used to make a surface slick adjective satellite • made slick by e.g. ice or grease • superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject • having only superficial plausibility • having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk • marked by skill in deception verb • make slick or smooth • give a smooth and glossy appearance | ||||||
| slippery | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide adjective satellite • not to be trusted | ||||||
| sly | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • marked by skill in deception | ||||||
| sneaky | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • marked by deception • marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed | ||||||
| treacherous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • dangerously unstable and unpredictable • tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | ||||||
