conspirator

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UK/kənˈspɪɹətə/US/kənˈspɪɹətɚ/

noun

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

“The conspirators were rounded up by the police and arrested.”

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coconspiratorplottermachinator
OriginMiddle English conspyratour ← Anglo-Norman conspiratour →
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Meanings

nounconspirator (plural conspirators)

plural conspirators · alternative obsolete conspiratour

  1. One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

    The conspirators were rounded up by the police and arrested.

    1 more example

    All the Jacobite gentry of that part of the country were collected together; though, it must be confessed, their appearance and their usual after-dinner conversation were rather at variance. Now they looked calm and comfortable, with as little the appearance of conspirators as possible; then they were (by their own account) the most oppressed of individuals, and the most devoted of partisans, ready to die, so that their wrongs were redressed, and the rightful king restored.

    1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 118–119

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna member of a conspiracy

Similar
coconspiratorplottermachinator
Broader
criminalfeloncrook
Also see
complotterconfederateconspirermachinatorplotter

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanconspiratour
  2. Middle Englishconspyratour
  3. Englishconspirator

From Middle English conspyratour, from Anglo-Norman conspiratour. By surface analysis, conspire + -ator.

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Translations

Catalan conspirador
  • conspiradorperson who is part of a conspiracy
Chinese Mandarin 同謀 /同谋
  • 同謀 /同谋 (tóngmóu)person who is part of a conspiracy
Czech spiklenec
  • spiklenecperson who is part of a conspiracy
Dutch samenzweerder
  • samenzweerderperson who is part of a conspiracy
Esperanto komplotanto
  • komplotantoperson who is part of a conspiracy
Finnish salaliittolainen
  • salaliittolainenperson who is part of a conspiracy
French conspirateur, conspiratrice
  • conspirateurperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • conspiratriceperson who is part of a conspiracy
German Verschwörer, Verschwörerin
  • Verschwörerperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • Verschwörerinperson who is part of a conspiracy
Hindi षड्यंत्रकारी
  • षड्यंत्रकारी (ṣaḍyantrakārī)person who is part of a conspiracy
Hungarian összesküvő, konspirátor
  • összesküvőperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • konspirátorperson who is part of a conspiracy
Indonesian konspirator, komplotan
  • konspiratorperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • komplotanperson who is part of a conspiracy
Irish comhchealgaire, cogarnach
  • comhchealgaireperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • cogarnachperson who is part of a conspiracy
Italian congiurato, congiurata
  • congiuratoperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • congiurataperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • cospiratoreperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • cospiratriceperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • complottardoperson who is part of a conspiracy
Māori kaikakai
  • kaikakaiperson who is part of a conspiracy
Norwegian Bokmål konspiratør
  • konspiratørperson who is part of a conspiracy
Polish konspirator, spiskowiec
  • konspiratorperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • spiskowiecperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • konspiratorkaperson who is part of a conspiracy
Portuguese conspirador, conspiradora
  • conspiradorperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • conspiradoraperson who is part of a conspiracy
Russian загово́рщик, загово́рщица
  • загово́рщик (zagovórščik)person who is part of a conspiracy
  • загово́рщица (zagovórščica)person who is part of a conspiracy
  • конспира́тор (konspirátor)person who is part of a conspiracy
Spanish conspirador, conspiradora
  • conspiradorperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • conspiradoraperson who is part of a conspiracy
Swedish konspiratör, sammansvuren
  • konspiratörperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • sammansvurenperson who is part of a conspiracy
Turkish casus, komplocu
  • casusperson who is part of a conspiracy
  • komplocuperson who is part of a conspiracy
Ukrainian змо́вник, змо́вниця
  • змо́вник (zmóvnyk)person who is part of a conspiracy
  • змо́вниця (zmóvnycja)person who is part of a conspiracy
Welsh cynllwynwr
  • cynllwynwrperson who is part of a conspiracy
Cite this entry
APA

conspirator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conspirator

MLA

“conspirator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conspirator. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conspirator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conspirator.

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