Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conspirator

/kənˈspɪɹətɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables: con-spir-a-tor
IPA: /kənˈspɪɹətɚ/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"The conspirators were rounded up by the police and arrested."
"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."

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman conspiratour.

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kənˈspɪɹətɚ/
British English: /kənˈspɪɹətə/

Inflected Forms

conspirators (plural) conspiratour (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

archconspirator conspiratorship conspiratress nonconspirator

Phrases

co-conspirator

Frequently Paired Words

conspirer

Synonyms

coconspirator plotter machinator

Questions

How do you pronounce conspirator?: The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈspɪɹətɚ/.
What does conspirator mean?: One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.
Where does conspirator come from?: From Anglo-Norman conspiratour.

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