MACHINATING Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

machinating

verb

present participle of machinate

as in plotting

to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends a trio of courtiers who were discovered to be machinating against the queen

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as in negotiating

to plan out usually with subtle skill or care the hackers machinated a way to steal credit numbers from the company's Web site

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According to charging documents, the teens were allegedly plotting to rob Wright and displayed guns during a video call.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Which, again, is perfectly fine for parallel parking but not particularly helpful in trail course plotting.

— Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 12 Aug. 2026

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Traffic through the waterway remains low and although Iran and Oman are negotiating over the waterway, there are no immediate signs of a deal.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
He may be entitled to dislike the Supreme Court’s answer but he is really not entitled to keep fidgeting with it as though a constitutional Supreme Court judgment were merely a negotiating position.

— Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of negotiating

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By manipulating network traffic, the attackers redirect guests to fake sign-in pages without first sending a phishing email or compromising the PC.

— Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
What is your reaction to Drew being the one to rat you out about lying and manipulating Angela with your dead mother story?

— Matt Minton, Variety, 31 July 2026

Definition of manipulating

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After retiring from working in 2019, Norris enjoyed growing and arranging flowers from her yard.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
The morning of the wedding could be spent escaping the madness for a moment of peace among the trees, or arranging a pre-wedding morning coffee overlooking the estate.

— Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of arranging

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This strategy enables the immune system to selectively attack tumor cells, either by linking them to T cells or by engineering T cells directly.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
As the co-founder and executive vice chairman of PDS Limited, Seth has spent more than two decades engineering a consumer product platform built specifically to absorb shock.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of engineering

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