schemer
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/ˈskiː.mər/us/ˈskiː.mɚ/someone who makesclever,secretplans, often todeceiveothers:
He's a schemer who alwaysfindsa way of getting what hewants.
She was acoldandcalculatingschemer whowantedtostealfrom theoldman.
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scheme
a dishonest person
- cheatShe's a liar and a cheat!
- cheaterUSI wouldn't play a game with him - he's a cheater.
- crookMy dad says that used car salesmen are just a bunch of crooks.
- cowboyUKThe private security firm are just a bunch of cowboys looking to rough up anyone who crosses their path.
- fraudHe claims to be a doctor, but he's just a fraud without a medical licence.
- sharkThe landlord was a real shark, jacking up rents without relief.
- Alan was aliarand schemer who wasobsessedwith gettingattention.
- Theallegedschemers tookelaboratestepstoavoiddetection.
- He wasconvincedshe was a schemer out tostealhisinheritance.
Dishonest people
- birther
- cadger
- charmer
- cheat
- cheater
- deceiver
- hoaxer
- humbug
- hustler
- hypocrite
- knave
- mountebank
- perjurer
- profiteer
- rigger
- ringer
- trickster
- wheeler-dealer