schemer

/'ski:mə/

Thân thiện

A schemer sits at a desk, carefully drawing a complex plan on a large sheet of paper.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who makes secret or clever plans, often for selfish or dishonest purposes: A schemer is someone who devises and executes plans, typically in a secretive, manipulative, or underhanded way to achieve a personal goal.

Usage

• The word "schemer" is used to describe a person whose characteristic behavior involves creating and carrying out schemes. It often carries a negative connotation, implying deceit, cunning, or self-interest.
• It functions as a countable noun.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "Master schemer": An expert or highly skilled schemer.
  • The criminal mastermind was a master schemer who evaded capture for years.
• "Cunning schemer": Emphasizes the deceitful and clever nature of the person.
  • He outwitted his rivals, proving himself a cunning schemer.

Variants and Related Words

• Scheme (verb/noun): The act or instance of making a secret or underhanded plan.
  • Verb: He tried to scheme a way to get the promotion.
  • Noun: Their scheme to take over the company was discovered.
• Scheming (adjective/gerund): Characterized by or involved in making secret and often dishonest plans.
  • Adjective: She gave him a scheming look.
  • Gerund: His constant scheming made him untrustworthy.

Synonyms

• Plotter: A person who makes secret plans to do something illicit or harmful.
• Intriguer: A person who schemes or uses underhanded methods.
• Machinator: A person who engages in plotting or scheming (formal).
• Conspirator: A person who is involved in a secret plan to do something unlawful or harmful.

Antonyms

• Straightforward person: A person who is honest and direct.
• Ingenuous person: A person who is innocent, simple, and without guile.

Idioms and Phrases

• "A schemer at heart": Describes someone whose fundamental nature is to scheme.
  • He appears friendly, but he's a schemer at heart.
• "The schemer's web": Metaphor for the complex and entangling plans of a schemer.
  • She was caught in the schemer's web of lies.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action

Từ đồng nghĩa

• plotter