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Synonyms for machination
ˌmæk əˈneɪ ʃən, ˈmæʃ ə-machi·na·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
machination
A contrivance or device may be either good or bad. A cheat is a mean advantage in a bargain; a fraud, any form of covert robbery or injury. Imposture is a deceitful contrivance for securing charity, credit, or consideration. A stratagem or maneuver may be of the good against the bad, as it were a skilful movement of war. A wile is usually but not necessarily evil.
E'en children followed with endearing wile.
Goldsmith Deserted Village, l. 184.A trick is often low, injurious, and malicious; we say a mean trick; the word is sometimes used playfully with less than its full meaning. A ruse or a blind may be quite innocent and harmless. An artifice is a carefully and delicately prepared contrivance for doing indirectly what one could not well do directly. A device is something studied out for promoting an end, as in a mechanism; the word is used of indirect action, often, but not necessarily directed to an evil, selfish, or injurious end. Finesse is especially subtle contrivance, delicate artifice, whether for good or evil. Compare FRAUD.
Synonyms:
art, artifice, blind, cheat, contrivance, craft, cunning, device, dodge, finesse, fraud, guile, imposture, invention, maneuver, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wileAntonyms:
artlessness, candor, fairness, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, ingenuousness, innocence, openness, simplicity, sincerity, truth
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
machination
Synonyms:
contrivance, plot, intrigue, conspiracy, stratagem, artful scheme, designAntonyms:
detection, counteraction, overthrow, baffling defeat, exposure, defiance, challenge, conflict, competition
Princeton's WordNet
intrigue, machinationnoun
a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
Synonyms:
intrigue
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#245 | design | |
#338 | art | |
#1634 | device | |
#3870 | plot | |
#4241 | craft | |
#4246 | blind | |
#4480 | fraud | |
#4626 | dodge | |
#6230 | cheat | |
#7155 | invention | |
#7167 | trick | |
#8483 | conspiracy | |
#23092 | intrigue | |
#23550 | maneuver | |
#25925 | guile | |
#26623 | cunning | |
#35918 | finesse | |
#43818 | ruse | |
#45134 | artifice | |
#63007 | wile | |
#79016 | subterfuge | |
#87541 | contrivance | |
#98243 | stratagem | |
#183563 | imposture | |
#286612 | machination |
Translations for machination
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- MachenschaftGerman
- μηχανορραφία, δολοπλοκία, σκευωρίαGreek
- maquinaciónSpanish
- masinointiFinnish
- machinationFrench
- machinációHungarian
- մեքենայությունArmenian
- leynimakk, ráðabruggIcelandic
- 策動, 策謀Japanese
- 음모Korean
- козни, махинация, проискиRussian
- сплетка, махинација, spletka, макинација, makinacija, mahinacijaSerbo-Croatian
- 诡计Chinese
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