Synonyms of conspiring

conspiring

verb

present participle of conspire

1

as in plotting

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

conspired to replace the leader with someone more easily influenced

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plotting
• scheming
• colluding
• planning
• contriving
• conniving
• intriguing
• machinating
• devising
• concocting
• manipulating
• hatching
• compassing
• designing
• engineering
• putting up
• cooking (up)
• brewing
• jockeying
• shaping
• maneuvering
• counterplotting
• mapping
• framing
• laying out

2

as in cooperating

to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end

foul weather and airline foul-ups seemed to be conspiring to ruin our vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cooperating
• collaborating
• uniting
• joining
• concerting
• teaming (up)
• playing ball
• making common cause
• conjoining
• pulling together
• banding (together)
• conniving
• concurring
• combining
• leaguing
• allying
• confederating
• interfacing
• affiliating
• associating
• hanging together

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conspiring

Sanon is facing several charges, the main one being conspiring to kidnap or kill a person outside the United States. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Initially indicted only for alleged money laundering, he has since been accused by federal prosecutors of conspiring to smuggle cocaine on the high seas and narco-terrorism. — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Trump dismisses warnings Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk have all called for greater government oversight of the industry after a series of hacks revealed AI agents conspiring to deceive humans. — Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

Every other subplot was the product of ESPN’s poor handling of the situation and Clark accusing us of conspiring with his former bosses. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Filmmaker Juan Jose Lopez Ordonez has accused the West Ham United midfielder of conspiring to kidnap him in Mexico in November 2024. — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Several others have also been detained or accused of conspiring about the attacks. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Finley’s breakout was the 2017 dark comedy Thoroughbreds, in which Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy play high-schoolers conspiring to kill an abusive stepfather. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026

The government has also investigated Tim Walz, Jacob Frey, and Keith Ellison for conspiring to impede federal immigration enforcement; subpoenas demanding information from them were blocked by a federal judge earlier this summer. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026