abettors
Partners in wrongdoing
Abettors are people who help or encourage someone else to do something, usually something wrong or illegal.
The word carries a strong connotation of complicity in wrongdoing, appearing most often in legal contexts where someone assists in a crime without necessarily committing the act themselves.
The getaway driver was charged as an abettor to the robbery.
The singular abettor is sometimes spelled abetter.
Joint schemer
- partner-in-crimeShared wrongdoing companion
- confederateAllied partner in schemes
- accessorySupplementary addition
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
conspirator · henchman · associate · cohort · insider · comrade · crony · consort
Neutral process guide
- helperOne who aids another
- supporterOne who backs another
- backerFinancial supporter
- sponsorFunder of activities
patron · advocate · promoter · financier · funder · provider · benefactor · donor
One who schemes secretly
- colluderSecret scheme participant
- plotterMachinator or diagram machine
- schemerCrafty, deceitful planner
- concealerCosmetic for hiding flaws
lookout · wheelman · fence · harborer · protector · shielder · silencer · obstructor
One who provokes action
- inciterOne who provokes action
- agitatorOne who foments discord
- provocateurOne who deliberately incites
- catalystAgent enabling change
firebrand · rabble-rouser · troublemaker · inflamer · fomenter · goader · prodder · tempter
coconspirator
Joint schemer
- partner-in-crimeShared wrongdoing companion
- confederateAllied partner in schemes
- accessorySupplementary addition
collaborator · conspirator · henchman · associate · cohort · insider · comrade · crony · consort · fellow
facilitator
Neutral process guide
sponsor · patron · advocate · promoter · financier · funder · provider · benefactor · donor · underwriter
conniver
One who schemes secretly
- colluderSecret scheme participant
- plotterMachinator or diagram machine
- schemerCrafty, deceitful planner
concealer · lookout · wheelman · fence · harborer · protector · shielder · silencer · obstructor
instigator
One who provokes action
- inciterOne who provokes action
- agitatorOne who foments discord
- provocateurOne who deliberately incites
catalyst · firebrand · rabble-rouser · troublemaker · inflamer · fomenter · goader · prodder · tempter · corruptor
- supportersfan, patron, supporters, backers, backer
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
abettorspreventers
Those who avert events
obstructors · whistleblowers · informants · interveners · resisters
abettorsmasterminds
Plans and directs schemes
ringleaders · principals · perpetrators · architects · orchestrators
abettorshinderers
Those who obstruct
opposers · blockers · detractors · adversaries · antagonists