machinator

3 definitions found

machinator - 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]

machinator - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  machinator
      n 1: a member of a conspiracy [syn: conspirator,
           coconspirator, plotter, machinator]

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