Meaning

2 senses

  1. Pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators.

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

    verschwörerisch, konspirativ

    relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators

  2. (proscribed, sometimes)Believing in conspiracy theories.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. She disappeared leaving only a conspiratorial wink.

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  2. Ziri's story sounds super conspiratorial.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

more conspiratorial, most conspiratorial

Synonyms

3 synonyms
conspirationalconspirativeconspiratory
Close in meaning
  • relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators:conspirative

Word family

9 related words
Relatedconspiracyconspiratorconspiratorily
Derivedanti-conspiratorialconspiratorialismconspiratorialistconspiratoriallynonconspiratorialunconspiratorial

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
conspicuouslyconspiracyconspiratorconspireconstableconstantB2

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