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connives

verb , present tense third-person singular of connive

Synonyms and Antonyms of connives

1 to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful

the principal connived at all the school absences that were recorded on the day of the city's celebration of its Super Bowl victory

Synonyms of connives

Words Related to connives

brushes (aside or off), condones, disregards, excuses, forgives, glosses (over), glozes (over), ignores, overlooks, pardons, passes over, shrugs off, tolerates

Near Antonyms of connives

disapproves (of), frowns (on or upon)

denies, disallows, refuses

2 to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends

suspects that his coworkers are conniving to get him fired

Synonyms of connives

colludes, compasses, conspires, contrives, intrigues, machinates, plots, puts up, schemes

Words Related to connives

brews, concocts, cooks (up), devises, hatches

engineers, jockeys, maneuvers, manipulates

designs, frames, lays out, maps, plans, shapes

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