conspires
Hatches covert plans
Conspires is the third-person singular of conspire, meaning to plan secretly with others toward some end, usually harmful or illegal: He conspires with his brother to defraud investors.
The word can also describe circumstances that seem to work together toward an outcome, as if by design: Everything conspires against us finishing on time.
Storyline or land parcel
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- cabalScheming political faction
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
connive · collude · complicity · mastermind · orchestrate · hatch · contrive · devise
Arrange in a row
- convergeMeet at a point
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- coincideOccur together in time
- dovetailJoin by interlocking parts
conjoin · synchronize · unite · fate · destiny · serendipity · confluence · circumstance
plot
Storyline or land parcel
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- cabalScheming political faction
machination · connive · collude · complicity · mastermind · orchestrate · hatch · contrive · devise · maneuver
align
Arrange in a row
dovetail · conjoin · synchronize · unite · fate · destiny · serendipity · confluence · circumstance · cosmos
conspiresdiscloses
Makes previously hidden information public
reveals · exposes · announces · publicizes · declares
- conspiracy theoriesUnproven secret plot beliefs
- conspiracy theoryAttributed to hidden plotters
- conspiracy theoristOne who suspects cover-ups
- conspiracy chargesFormal accusations of plotting crimes
- government conspiracySecret official wrongdoing
- conspiracy of silenceUnspoken agreement to conceal
conspiracy, conspire, conspirator, conspiring, conspiracies, conspired, conspirators, conspirer, co-conspirator