COLLUSIVE Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

collusive

adjective

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Recent Examples of collusive The nine-month investigation documented a decade-long legal drama involving shell companies, trusts, allegedly collusive lawsuits and bankruptcy petitions. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2026

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Reactionary beliefs and conspiratorial thinking are thus summoned out of these hipsters like a cobra from a basket.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Gen asks to speak with Aesha, who follows her upstairs after exchanging a conspiratorial glance with Kat.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of conspiratorial

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As Béatrice’s amateur detective work pulls her in deeper, the strands begin to suggest a conspiracy, one marked by mysterious disappearances and the clandestine sway of the Vatican.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Other entries referenced covert access, clandestine technical operations and telecommunications interception.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of clandestine

Adjective

In the air, stealth aircraft require covert, point-to-point laser links to exchange target data without revealing their position to adversary direction-finding systems.

— Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
In early January, the United States captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a covert military operation.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of covert

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To unearth these surreptitious practices, Gamers Nexus partnered up with independent security researchers and Level1Techs.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026
And in 1911 a disgruntled ex-Mormon hid a camera under his coat and snapped surreptitious photos of the temple’s interior in an unsuccessful attempt to blackmail the church.

— Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of surreptitious

Adjective

One live bedbug and an undisclosed number of dead ones were found in room 3407 as inspectors revisited the third floor, where bedbug activity wasn’t found four days prior.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Superhuman, the productivity company formerly known as Grammarly, agreed in June to acquire GPTZero for undisclosed terms.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

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