Connive Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Connive

finagle
(Informal) To get, arrange, or maneuver by cleverness, persuasion, etc., or esp. by craftiness, trickery, etc.
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collude
To act in collusion or conspire, esp. for a fraudulent purpose
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conspire
To combine or work together for any purpose or toward any effect
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intrigue
To engage in secret or underhand schemes; plot.
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machinate
(transitive or intransitive) To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
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plot
To draw a plan or chart of (a ship's course, etc.)
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scheme
To scheme is to plot or plan to do something.
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foment
To arouse or incite (trouble, for example).
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plan
To devise a scheme for doing, making, or arranging
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wink
Wink is defined as to quickly open and close the eyes, especially one eye while keeping the other open.
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abet
(Archaic) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid any good cause, opinion, or action; to maintain. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
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blink
Blink is defined as means to open and close or turn on and off quickly, especially the eyelids.
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incite
The definition of incite is to rile people up or to inspire and encourage specific behavior.
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Antonyms for Connive

be innocent of
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have no part; expose
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Words Related to Connive

crimes
To work out a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end
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planned
Simple past tense and past participle of plan
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scheming
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Connive Sentence Examples

  • We should not connive at the destruction of imaginations, not even to alleviate boredom.

  • The passages of the New Testament which seem to connive at the married relation were interpreted by the Cathars as spoken in regard of Christ and the church.

  • Or did he connive with his wife's adultery to further his own career?

  • For the same reason the city found itself compelled at first to connive at their illegal representation on 'Change, and then to violate its own rules by permitting them to act as brokers without previously taking up the freedom.

  • The state, represented by the emperor Phocas, is persuaded to connive at the pope's assumption of spiritual authority; the other churches are intimidated into acquiescence; Lucifer's projects seem fully accomplished, when Heaven raises up Henry VIII.

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