CONSPIRATORIAL Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

conspiratorial

adjective

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as in collusive

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Recent Examples of conspiratorial The guidance specified that Fox’s programs should not follow Trump down a conspiratorial rabbit hole relating to the 2020 election. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 Some will surely find Musk overly negative and conspiratorial. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 In today’s hyper-conspiratorial culture, the loser always claims fraud. — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Whatever the terminology, truth and proof in today's fractured and somewhat conspiratorial society could be construed as strange bedfellows. — Leonard David, Space.com, 17 Aug. 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

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
The Soviet Union operated an extensive clandestine biological weapons program despite being a party to the Biological Weapons Convention.

— Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of clandestine

Adjective

There has been serious buzz recently about the film series focused on the United States conducting covert actions against drug cartels.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Flashbacks to recent events reveal that the townspeople never let Hal find peace, and even firebombed his home, only for a grown-up Noah — Kerry’s son, and Zoe’s grandson — to save him and regenerate his skin using Zoe’s covert alien tech.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 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

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
Nidhi saw the man’s hand slide down into his trousers, saw the furtive fondling.

— Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

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