All machinate synonyms

verb machinate

• collude — If one person colludes with another, they co-operate with them secretly or illegally.
• promote — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
• devise — If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
• connive — If one person connives with another to do something, they secretly try to achieve something which will benefit both of them.
• contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
• conspire — If two or more people or groups conspire to do something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it.
• invent — to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
• finagle — to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
• wangle — to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation.
• design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
• plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
• hatch — to mark with lines, especially closely set parallel lines, as for shading in drawing or engraving.
• cogitate — If you are cogitating, you are thinking deeply about something.
• scheme — a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
• intrigue — to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
• come up with — If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
• play games — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
• pull strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
• trump up — Cards. any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit. Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
• plot — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
• cook up — If someone cooks up a dishonest scheme, they plan it.
• maneuver — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
• manoeuvre — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
• engineer — A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works.