CONSPIRATORIAL Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

conspiratorial

adjective

Definition of conspiratorial

as in collusive

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Recent Examples of conspiratorial Mills, sympathetic to conspiratorial beliefs about the 2020 election and hailed by some election skeptics as a champion of voting integrity, has long clashed with members, squabbling over his power. — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Reactionary beliefs and conspiratorial thinking are thus summoned out of these hipsters like a cobra from a basket. — Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026 This atmosphere of collective powerlessness offers one explanation for the conspiratorial thinking at the heart of Lamar versus Drake. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026 Some will surely find Musk overly negative and conspiratorial. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for conspiratorial

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The nine-month investigation documented a decade-long legal drama involving shell companies, trusts, allegedly collusive lawsuits and bankruptcy petitions.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of collusive

Adjective

The arrest, the official explained, came after the Attorney General’s Office concluded that there had been misconduct in an April operation in which state officials dismantled a clandestine drug-manufacturing laboratory.

— Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Bridgers’ tour restricts phones, so the reader’s account had to stand in for the clandestine photo that might otherwise have accompanied the sighting.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of clandestine

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But how and through whom the money flowed into the Alpha account revealed that it was intended to remain secret, more akin to a covert and illicit scheme, given that it was managed in part by a senior advisor to the president of the United States.

— Matthew Cole, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026
Even in scenes outside Sonny’s perspective, Ellen still looks like not-quite-Connie Britton, fielding suspicious phone calls and making covert trips to the bank.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of covert

Adjective

Many hosts report resistance, in the forms of surreptitious card-shuffling and outright complaints.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026
To unearth these surreptitious practices, Gamers Nexus partnered up with independent security researchers and Level1Techs.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of surreptitious

Adjective

But the sensuality vibing between Elinor and Ferrars between meetings both furtive and not offers at least one romantic pairing to root for.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
Just Keenan could usurp Maher, and after a furtive hug of her horse’s neck before the starting bell, the 29-year-old certainly tried.

— Tilly Berendt, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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