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

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

Oh, and its conspiring with the fridge to just put the temp out of range just far enough to turn the contents into a bacterial mine field. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

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

Joseph Sanberg, co-founder of the company, pleaded guilty in October to federal charges of conspiring to bilk investors out of $248 million and on June 1 was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 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

Both men pleaded guilty in March to conspiring to possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

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