adj
Meaning 1
That connives; conspiratorial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
conniving
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/kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/
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verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of connive
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
used of persons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the most calculating and selfish men in the community
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calculating, calculative, scheming, shrewd
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: collusive
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Galician: maquinador — that connives
- Galician: conivente — that connives
- German: intrigant — that connives
- German: hinterhältig — that connives
- German: durchtrieben — that connives
- Māori: mohokura — that connives
- Māori: kakī mohokura — that connives
- Māori: māminga — that connives
- Portuguese: conivente — that connives
- Spanish: connivente — that connives
- Spanish: maniobrero — that connives
- Spanish: maquinador — that connives