Synonyms for conspiracy
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Murder — A group of various animals. A flock of crows or ravens
2. Cabal
cabal, plot, scheme, collusion, treason, intrigue, sedition, treachery, coalition, confederacy, combination, machination, complot dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A group of various animals. A flock of crows or ravens.
- n. 2
An agreement or arrangement between multiple parties to do something harmful, immoral or subversive; an instance of collusion.
Related words
- Word family
- conspiracist conspiratard conspirator conspiratorial conspiratorially conspiratory conspire conspirer
- Phrases
- conspiracy theorist conspiracy analyst conspiracy hypothesis conspiracy of silence conspiracy theory
- Is a kind of
- flock
Forms
- Plural
- conspiracies → murders, unkindnesses, cabals, plots…
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A conspiracy is a combination of persons for an evil purpose, or the act of so combining. Conspiracy is a distinct crime under common, and generally under statutory, law.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- plot The general participated in the plot with his men.
- cabal Today I learned that the word "cabal" is derived from "Kabballah."
By length
- 4 letters
- plot1
- 5 letters
- cabal2
- 6 letters
- murder2, scheme1
- 7 letters
- treason2, complot
- 8 letters
- intrigue2, sedition3
- 9 letters
- coalition4, collusion3, treachery3
- 10 letters
- unkindness
- 11 letters
- combination4, confederacy5, machination4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cabal2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- conspiration
- Italiano
- cospirazione
- Español
- conspiración
- Deutsch
- Konspiration
- Català
- conspiració