conspire
/kənˈspaɪə(ɹ)/
conspire verb: to secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.
Verb
conspire (third-person singular simple present conspires, present participle conspiring, simple past and past participle conspired)
- To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.
- They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 37:18
- And there came a man, rushing from the farthest end of the city. He said, “O Moses! The chiefs are actually conspiring against you to put you to death, so leave ˹the city˺. I really advise you ˹to do so˺.”2015, Mustafa Khattab, transl., The Clear Quran, →ISBN, surah 28, verse 20
- Synonyms:
- collogue
- To agree, to concur to one end.
- The press, the pulpit, and the stage / Conspire to censure and expose our age.
- I feel my vanquish'd heart conspire
To crown a flame by Heav'n approv'd.1744, Georg Friedrich Händel, Hercules, act 3, scene 5
- To work together to bring about.
- Rain and sweat conspired to smudge her mascara.
- Angry clouds conspire your overthrow.1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC
conspire meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
conspire in Tamil
- சூழ்ச்சி செய், திட்டமிடு
conspire in Urdu
- ساز باز کرنا, سازش کرنا
conspire in Bengali
- ষড়যন্ত্র করা
conspire in Malayalam
- to secretly plot
- ഗൂഢാലോചന നടത്തുക gūḍhālōcana naṭattuka
More languagesFewer languages
- conspire in Arabic
- تَآمَرَ taʔāmara, اِئْتَمَرَ iʔtamara
- conspire in Indonesian
- berkomplot, bersekongkol
- conspire in Vietnamese
- chung sức, hiệp lực, âm mưu, mưu hại
Examples of conspire in a sentence
- No wonder these conspiring factors decimated the ludodiversity of the children's play lore.
- Black Pete and Sinterklaas also conspire to form a punitive team.
- “Conspiring to keep unworthy children from being included in birthday parties, play dates, and Scout troops.”
Synonyms of conspire
Forms of conspire
| third-person singular present | conspires |
|---|---|
| present participle | conspiring |
| past participle | conspired |
| past | conspired |
Origin of conspire
From Middle English conspiren, from Old French conspirer, from Latin conspirare, conspīrō, from con- (combining form of cum (“with”)) + spīrō (“breathe”).
Words formed from conspire
Words that rhyme with conspire
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- choir
- desire
- esquire
- inspire
- tire
- acquire
- admire
- dire
- empire
- respire
- sire
- transpire
- trier
- dryer
- friar
- fryer
- gyre
- lyre
- mire
- misfire
- require
- underfire
- aspire
- bemire
- buyer
- inquire
- overfire
- perspire
- quire
- tyre
- attire
- briar
- crier
- higher
- lier
- overtire
- Pryor
- pyre
- re-retire
- retrochoir
- rewire
- supplier
- suspire
- underwire
- unretire
- afire
- byre
- drier
Questions about conspire
- What does conspire mean?
- Conspire means to secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.
- What is conspire in Tamil?
- Conspire in Tamil is சூழ்ச்சி செய், திட்டமிடு. See Conspire meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is conspire?
- Conspire is a verb.
- How do you pronounce conspire?
- Conspire is pronounced /kənˈspaɪə(ɹ)/.
- What is the past tense of conspire?
- The past tense of conspire is conspired.
Words near conspire in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: conspire (page history and authors); conspire (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conspire (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Conspire (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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