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conspiratorial

adj · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /kənˌspɪɹəˈtɔːɹɪəl/
  • rhymes with -ɔːɹiəl
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S P IH2 R AH0 T AO1 R IY0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • His conspiratorial whispers were soft, but that just attracted more attention.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Believing in conspiracy theories.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: proscribed, sometimes

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a conspiratorial whisper
  • the discovery of possible conspirative codes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conspirative

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin cōnspīrātōrius + -al. By surface analysis, conspirator + -ial.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: አድመኛ (ʾädmäñña) — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Arabic: تَآمُرِيّ (taʔāmuriyy) — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Armenian: դավադրապաշտական (davadrapaštakan) — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阴谋者的 — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Dutch: conspirationeel — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Finnish: salaliitto- — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Finnish: juoniva — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • French: conspiratoire — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • German: verschwörerisch — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • German: konspirativ — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Greek: συνωμοτικός (synomotikós) — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Italian: cospirativo — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Italian: cospiratorio — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Manx: co-chialgagh — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Manx: co-vollaghtagh — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Norwegian Bokmål: konspiratorisk — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: konspiratorisk — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Polish: spiskowy — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Polish: konspiracyjny — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Serbo-Croatian: заверенички — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Serbo-Croatian: завјеренички — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Serbo-Croatian: конспиративан — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Serbo-Croatian: zaverenički — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Serbo-Croatian: zavjerenički — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Serbo-Croatian: konspirativan — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Spanish: conspirativo — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators
  • Turkish: komplocu — pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators