What are some alternative words for connivance?
Synonyms for connivance
kəˈnaɪ vəns
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Princeton's WordNet
connivance, collusion(noun)
agreement on a secret plot
Synonyms:
collusion, tacit consent, secret approvalconnivance, secret approval, tacit consent(noun)
(law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing
Synonyms:
collusion, tacit consent, secret approval
Dictionary of English Synonymes
connivance(n.)
Synonyms:
voluntary blindness (to an act), pretended ignorance, forbearance or disapproval, winking at
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "connivance":
Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #37063 | collusion | |
| #43036 | complicity | |
| #64068 | acquiescence | |
| #116538 | privity | |
| #121384 | connivance |
How to use connivance in a sentence?
THERE ARE THOSE WHO SIT AND WONDER WHY OTHERS STRIVE AMONGST ALL THE ODDS. THEY WILL NEVER KNOW, AS THEY ARE THE ONES WHO TRY TO KEEP OTHERS BACK BY THEIR ENVY AND CONNIVANCE WITH WHICH THEY ARE PREOCCUPIED MOST OF THE TIME'- RICARDO A SCOTT, REGGAE INVENTOR FROM TRENCH TOWN
Too often the soccer clubs have played down and defended due to laziness, connivance or fear the extremists among their own fans, over the last few months things have started to change but there are still many steps to be taken.
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