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conspirator

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /kənˈspɪɹətə/
  • US: /kənˈspɪɹətɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S P IH1 R AH0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The conspirators were rounded up by the police and arrested.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a member of a conspiracy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coconspirator, plotter, machinator

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor

Narrower terms: Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, Oates, Titus Oates

History

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman conspiratour.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: አድመኛ (ʾädmäñña) — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Old Armenian: դաշնակից (dašnakicʻ) — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Catalan: conspirador — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同謀 /同谋 (tóngmóu) — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Czech: spiklenec — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Dutch: samenzweerder — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Esperanto: komplotanto — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Finnish: salaliittolainen — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • French: conspirateur — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • French: conspiratrice — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Galician: conspirador — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Galician: conspiradora — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • German: Verschwörer — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • German: Verschwörerin — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Hindi: षड्यंत्रकारी (ṣaḍyantrakārī) — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Hungarian: összesküvő — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Hungarian: konspirátor — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Indonesian: konspirator — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Indonesian: komplotan — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Irish: comhchealgaire — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Irish: cogarnach — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Italian: congiurato — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Italian: congiurata — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Italian: cospiratore — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Italian: cospiratrice — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Italian: complottardo — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Kyrgyz: кутумчу (kutumcu) — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Macedonian: заговорник (zagovornik) — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Manx: cochialgeyr — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Māori: kaikakai — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Norman: complioteux — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: konspiratør — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: konspiratør — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Polish: konspirator — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Polish: spiskowiec — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Polish: konspiratorka — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Portuguese: conspirador — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Portuguese: conspiradora — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Russian: загово́рщик (zagovórščik) — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Russian: загово́рщица (zagovórščica) — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Russian: конспира́тор (konspirátor) — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùrotnīk — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùrotnica — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: zavjerènīk — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: zavjerènica — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: zaverenik — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Spanish: conspirador — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Spanish: conspiradora — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Swedish: konspiratör — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Swedish: sammansvuren — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Turkish: casus — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Turkish: komplocu — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Ukrainian: змо́вник (zmóvnyk) — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Ukrainian: змо́вниця (zmóvnycja) — person who is part of a conspiracy
  • Welsh: cynllwynwr — person who is part of a conspiracy