conspire
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
They conspired to overthrow the government
Types & categories
- plot hypernym
- coconspire hyponym
Related & opposite
- intrigue derivation
- conspiracy derivation
- conspirator derivation
- conspiratorial derivation
Sense 2 verb
act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall
Types & categories
- interact hypernym
Related & opposite
- collusion derivation
- conspiracy derivation
- connivance derivation
- conniving derivation
- conspiratorial derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intrigue |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conspiracy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conspirator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conspiratorial |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coconspire |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | collusion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conspiracy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | connivance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conniving |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conspiratorial |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | interact |