machinator

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mach=i=na=tor

CIDE DICTIONARY

machinator, n. [L.].

 One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.  Glanvill. Sir W. Scott.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

machinator

Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Machiavellian, Quisling, archtraitor, behind-the-scenes operator, betrayer, calculator, cockatrice, coconspirator, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, counterplotter, double agent, double-crosser, double-dealer, eminence grise, exploiter, finagler, gamesman, gray eminence, informer, intrigant, intriguer, kingmaker, logroller, maneuverer, manipulator, operator, opportunist, plotter, pork-barrel politician, quisling, rat, schemer, serpent, snake, strategist, tactician, timeserver, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, turncoat, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller

ROGET THESAURUS

machinator

Plan

N plan, scheme, design, project, proposal, proposition, suggestion, resolution, motion, precaution, deep- laid plan, system, organization, germ, sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche, brouillon, rough cast, rough draft, draught copy, copy, proof, revise, drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation), forecast, program, programme, prospectus, carte du pays, card, bill, protocol, order of the day, list of agenda, bill of fare, base of operations, platform, plank, slate, ticket, role, policy, contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device, pipelaying, stratagem, trick, alternative, loophole, shift, last shift, measure, step, stroke, stroke of policy, master stroke, trump card, court card, cheval de bataille, great gun, coup, coup d'etat, clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke, bright thought, bright idea, intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination, subplot, underplot, counterplot, schemer, schemist, schematist, strategist, machinator, projector, artist, promoter, designer, conspirator, intrigant, planned, strategic, strategical, planning, prepared, in course of preparation, under consideration, on the tapis, on the carpet, on the floor.