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[syn: conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
machinator
n 1: a member of a conspiracy [syn: conspirator,
coconspirator, plotter, machinator]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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