con·spir·a·tor

(kən-spîr′ə-tər)

One that engages in a conspiracy.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

con•spir•a•tor

(kənˈspɪr ə tər)

n.

a person who takes part in a conspiracy; plotter.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French < Medieval Latin]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

conspirator - a member of a conspiracy

coconspirator, machinator, plotter

confederacy, conspiracy - a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose

criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

conspirator

noun plotter, intriguer, conspirer, traitor, schemer the conspirators who had planned to kill the King

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

conspirator

noun

One who assists a lawbreaker in a wrongful or criminal act:

accessory, accomplice, confederate.

Translations

مُتَآمِر

spiklenec

konspiratormedsammensvoren

Verschwörer

συνωμότης

conspirateur comploteur

urotnicaurotnikzavjerenicazavjerenik

összeesküvő

samsærismaîur

cospiratore

konspiratør

sprisahanec

zarotnik

komplo kuran kişi

阴谋家

conspirator

[kənˈspɪrətəʳ] N → conspirador(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

conspirator

[kənˈspɪrətə^r] n → conspirateur/trice m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

conspirator

n → Verschwörer(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

conspirator

[kənˈspɪrətəʳ] n → cospiratore/trice

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

conspire

(kənˈspaiə) verb

to plot or secretly make plans together. They conspired with the terrorists to overthrow the government.

conˈspiracy (-ˈspi-) – plural conˈspiracies – noun

(a plan made by) conspiring. The government discovered the conspiracy in time.

conˈspirator (-ˈspi-) noun

a person who conspires.

Mentioned in

References in classic literature

He's sure to fetch the Professor, and we couldn't take him in, you know!" And in another minute the disguises were stowed away in the cupboard, the door unbolted, and the two Conspirators seated lovingly side-by-side on the sofa, earnestly discussing a book the Vice-Warden had hastily snatched off the table, which proved to be the City-Directory of the capital of Outland.

View in context

They foregathered at the top of a tenement-house in Tehama Street, an unsavoury quarter of the city, and, there calling for certain drinks, they conspired because they were conspirators by trade, officially known as the Third Three of the I.

View in context

Polyglot, of unknown parentage, of indefinite nationality, anarchist, with a pedantic and ferocious temperament, and an amazingly inflammatory capacity for invective, he was a power in the background, this violent pamphleteer clamouring for revolutionary justice, this Julius Laspara, editor of the Living Word , confidant of conspirators, inditer of sanguinary menaces and manifestos, suspected of being in the secret of every plot.

View in context

(2) It is at least probable that the man looking like an Indian, whom Octavius Guy saw at the window of the cab, speaking to the man dressed like a mechanic, was one of the three Hindoo conspirators.

View in context

At this moment, and in the middle of this idle conversation, under the light tone of which the two conspirators concealed their joy and pride at their mutual success, Aramis heard something which made him prick up his ears.

View in context

The conspirators below agreed that they would spare the dear lady's feelings until she appeared in her drawing-room: meanwhile it was announced to her that Mrs.

View in context

The King, who was very brave, assured the Queen that he would soon punish the conspirators. He made careful inquiries into the matter, and thought it hardly probable that a quiet widow and a young girl would think of attempting anything of the nature of a revolution.

View in context

The cardinal, nevertheless, did not lose sight of the conspirators.

View in context

"Try and imagine that you are in a house of conspirators."

View in context

And one of the most efficacious remedies that a prince can have against conspiracies is not to be hated and despised by the people, for he who conspires against a prince always expects to please them by his removal; but when the conspirator can only look forward to offending them, he will not have the courage to take such a course, for the difficulties that confront a conspirator are infinite.

View in context

As soon as she was safely out of earshot, Miss Cornelia bent forward and said in a conspirator's whisper:

View in context

this dastardly fellow, this monster, this gallows-bird of a conspirator, is your own dear Cornelius, is he?

View in context