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

Miller was accused, along with his former Chief Financial Officer Anosh Ahmed, of conspiring to accept checks and money transfers from Suhail in exchange for the award of contracts and other hospital business to Suhail’s companies. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Ludlow pleaded guilty to a felony charge of conspiring to embezzle union funds in 2006. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Daniel Gerardo Torres, 55, received a 21-month sentence after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

The illicit activity came to light in 2023, when the former Harvard Medical School morgue manager was indicted for conspiring to steal body parts from cadavers donated to the Boston institution and sell them on the black market. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Other maturities also have risen, owing to a number of factors conspiring to raise financing costs. — Sean Conlon,justina Lee,sarah Min, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

In 1980 Bonanno was convicted of conspiring to obstruct justice by interfering with a grand jury’s inquiry into money-laundering allegations involving companies run by his sons in California. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

Arnold, of Chicago, has now been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to traffic fentanyl and cocaine in the city. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Vallow is currently serving multiple life sentences for murdering her two youngest children and conspiring to kill several others, including her fourth husband and her first husband’s previous wife. — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026