Machinator

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Machinator \Mach"i*na`tor\, n. [L.]
     One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a
     plotter or artful schemer. --Glanvill. Sir W. Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  machinator
       n : a member of a conspiracy [syn: {conspirator}, {coconspirator},
            {plotter}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "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