conniving

1. 1.

   acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end

   Synonymscollusive

   Similarcovert
2. 2.

   acting with a specific goal

   “the most calculating and selfish men in the community”

   Synonymscalculatingcalculativeschemingshrewd

   Similarhard

Questions about conniving

What does conniving mean?

conniving means "acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conniving?

conniving has 3 syllables: con-ni-ving. The stress falls on "ni". In IPA it is /kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/.

What is another word for conniving?

Close synonyms include collusive, calculating, calculative, scheming, shrewd. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is conniving a common word?

conniving is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.