wire-puller
61schemer — Synonyms and related words: Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Machiavellian, Quisling, archtraitor, betrayer, calculator, cockatrice, coconspirator, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, counterplotter, double agent, double crosser,… …
62special interests — Synonyms and related words: Black Power, Italian vote, Jewish vote, Polish Power, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, White Power, access, bad influence, big wheel, black vote, court, eminence grise, farm interests, financial interests, five percenter,… …
63strategist — Synonyms and related words: Machiavellian, a, architect, behind the scenes operator, calculator, contriver, designer, developer, deviser, eminence grise, enterpriser, entrepreneur, finagler, framer, gamesman, gray eminence, intriguer, kingmaker,… …
64tactician — Synonyms and related words: a, architect, calculator, campaigner, contriver, designer, developer, deviser, enterpriser, entrepreneur, framer, intriguer, machinator, maneuverer, manipulator, mastermind, operator, orchestrator, organizer, planner,… …
65politician — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. office holder or seeker; legislator, senator, etc.; diplomat, machinator, Machiavellian, strategist, wire puller. See cunning. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who follows politics professionally] Syn.… …
66conspirator — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. betrayer, schemer, cabalist, confederate; see associate , traitor . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. schemer, plotter, accomplice, engineer, collaborator, colluder, *wire puller, subversive, traitor, *backstabber, betrayer …
67tactician — n. Manaeuvrer, wire puller, adroit manager …
68maneuverer — n logistician, planner, strategist, tactician, plotter, politician; intriguer, wire puller, Sl. wheeler dealer, Machiavelli, machinator; slyboots, snake, artful dodger, schemer, fox; mastermind, promoter, jobber …
69manipulator — n 1. handler, operator, performer, agent; engineer, conductor, pilot, driver, steersman, navigator. 2. exploiter, machinator, maneuverer, intriguer; conspirator, coconspirator, schemer, plotter; conniver, Inf. finagler, Inf. wangler, wire puller …
70operator — n 1. doer, performer., actor, executor, operative, operant; worker, handler, manipulator, practitioner. 2. telephone operator, switchboard operator, PBX operator, Obs. central. 3.Slang. maneuverer, machinator, Inf. finagler, Inf. wire puller, Sl …
