| Main Entry: | cabal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plot |
Synonyms: |
conspiracy, intrigue, scheme |
| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of close friends, associates |
Synonyms: |
Mafia, assembly, bunch, cabal, camarilla, camp, clan, class, clique, club, companions, company, comrades, coterie, crew, cronies, crowd, crush, fraternity, gang, in-group, insiders, intimates, lot, mob, outfit, party, posse, ring, school, set, society, sorority |
| Main Entry: | clique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of friends |
Synonyms: |
Mafia, bunch, cabal, camarilla, camp, circle, clan, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, gang, in-group, insiders, lobby, mob, organization, outfit, pack, posse, ring, set, society |
| Main Entry: | combination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance, association |
Synonyms: |
affiliation, bloc, cabal, cahoots, camarilla, cartel, circle, clique, club, coadunation, coalition, combine, compound, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, consortium, conspiracy, coterie, faction, federation, gang, guild, hookup, mafia, melding, mergence, merger, merging, partnership, party, pool, ring, set, syndicate, tie-up, trust, unification, union |
Antonyms: |
dissolution, disunion, separation, severance |
| Main Entry: | connive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plot, scheme |
Synonyms: |
angle, be in cahoots with, cabal, cogitate, collude, conspire, contrive, cook up, devise, diddle, finagle, frame, frame up, intrigue, machinate, operate, promote, wangle, wire, work hand in glove |
| Notes: | one connives at something but conspires with somebody |
| Main Entry: | conspiracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collusion in plan |
Synonyms: |
cabal, complot, confederacy, connivance, countermine, counterplot, covin, disloyalty, fix, frame*, game, hookup, intrigue, league, little game, machination, perfidy, plot, practice, put-up job, scheme, sedition, treacherousness, treachery, treason, trick, trickery |
| Main Entry: | conspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plot, scheme with someone |
Synonyms: |
be in cahoots, cabal, cogitate, collogue, collude, confederate, connive, contrive, cook up, cooperate, devise, get in bed with, hatch, intrigue, machinate, maneuver, operate, promote, put out a contract, wangle, wire, work something out |
| Main Entry: | conspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree, concur |
Synonyms: |
cabal, colleague, combine, complot, conduce, consort, contribute, cooperate, join, tend, unite, work together |
Antonyms: |
disagree |
| Main Entry: | device |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ploy, scheme, maneuver |
Synonyms: |
artifice, cabal, chicanery, clever move, craft, craftiness, cunningness, design, dodge, evasion, expedient, fake, feint, finesse, gambit, game, gimmick, improvisation, loophole, machination, method, pattern, plan, plot, project, proposition, purpose, racket, ruse, shift, stratagem, strategy, stunt, subterfuge, trap, trick, wile |
| Main Entry: | faction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group sharing a belief or cause |
Synonyms: |
band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, caucus, cell, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, combo, concern, conclave, confederacy, conspiracy, contingent, coterie, crew, crowd, design, division, entente, gang, guild, insiders, intrigue, junta, knot, lobby, machine, minority, mob, network, offshoot, outfit, partnership, party, pressure group, ring, schism, sect, section, sector, set, side, splinter group, team, unit, wing |
Antonyms: |
entirety, total, whole |
