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collusion - 7 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | collusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secret understanding, often with intent to defraud |
| Synonyms: | bill of goods*, cahoots*, complicity, con game*, conspiracy, craft, deceit, dodge, double-cross, flimflam*, graft, guilt, gyp, intrigue, plot, racket, scam, scheme, shell game*, skunk*, sting*, trick, whitewash, bait and switch, bunco, connivance, diddling, fast shuffle, flam, fradulent artifice, guiltiness |
| Notes: | cooperation is always positive, collaboration is positive except in wartime (working with the enemy), and collusion is always negative (working together in secret for a dishonest purpose) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | friendly association, agreement |
| Synonyms: | accord, affiliation, affinity, betrothal, bond, coalition, coherence, collaboration, collusion, combination, communion, compact, concord, concurrence, confederacy, congruity, conjunction, connection, consanguinity, cooperation, engagement, entente, federation, friendship, kinship, league, marriage, matrimony, membership, pact, participation, partnership, relation, support, tie, treaty, union, confederation, fraternization, interrelation, mutuality |
| Antonyms: | antagonism, discord, divorce, estrangement, hostility, rebellion, separation, war, disunion |
| Main Entry: | cahoots |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conspiracy |
| Synonyms: | alliance, collusion, league, partnership |
| Main Entry: | collaboration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cooperation |
| Synonyms: | alliance, association, collusion, combination, concert, participation, partnership, teamwork, fraternization, joint effort, working together |
| Antonyms: | noncooperation |
| Main Entry: | complicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conspiracy |
| Synonyms: | agreement, collaboration, collusion, concurrence, confederacy, engineering, guilt, implication, intrigue, involvement, machination, manipulation, partnership, abetment, complot, connivance, guiltiness |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, innocence, refusal, noninvolvement |
| Main Entry: | intrigue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scheme |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cabal, chicanery, collusion, complication, conspiracy, contrivance, deal, design, dodge, double-dealing*, fix, fraud, game, graft, machination, maneuver, manipulation, plan, plot, ruse, stratagem, trickery, wile, frame-up, hookup, little game |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan, scheme |
| Synonyms: | artifice, booby trap*, cabal, collusion, complicity, conspiracy, contrivance, design, device, fix, frame, game, intrigue, machination, maneuver, practice, ruse, scam, setup, stratagem, trick, connivance, conniving, covin, frame-up, little game |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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