Synonyms for intrigue
ɪnˈtrig; ˈɪn trigin·trigue

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. intrigue

   Synonyms:
   cabal, plot, conspiracy, machination, artifice, design, manoeuvres, cunning, duplicity, trickery, chicanery, love affair, amour, ruse

   Antonyms:
   insurrection, rebellion, congress, assembly, force, violence, assault, openness, candor, sincerity, honesty, probity, straightforwardness

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1. intrigue, machinationnoun

   a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends

   Synonyms:
   machination

2. intrigueverb

   a clandestine love affair

   Synonyms:
   machination

3. intrigue, fascinateverb

   cause to be interested or curious

   Synonyms:
   beguile, enamour, entrance, capture, spellbind, fascinate, enchant, charm, catch, scheme, bewitch, becharm, trance, transfix, connive, grip, enamor, captivate

4. scheme, intrigue, conniveverb

   form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

   Synonyms:
   connive, fascinate, scheme

Matched Categories

1. • Interest
   • Plot

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1. intriguenoun

   Synonyms:
   plot, conspiracy, cabal, machination, stratagem, manœuvre, wile, finesse, ruse

2. intriguenoun

   Synonyms:
   amour, love affair

3. intrigueverb

   Synonyms:
   manœuvre, form plots

4. intrigueverb

   Synonyms:
   carry on an amour

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1. intriguenoun

   Synonyms:
   conspiracy, machination, cabal, plot, amour (illicit love affair), liaison

2. intrigueverb

   Synonyms:
   plot, scheme, machinate, cabal

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1. List of paraphrases for "intrigue":

   plot

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1. Ron DeSantis:

   There’s no drama in our administration, there’s no palace intrigue. (My staffers) basically just sit back and say, ‘OK, what’s the governor going to do next?’ And we roll out and we execute.

2. James Fell:

   Many traders were expecting the Philippines to make the large 500,000 tonnes purchase shortly after approval was received, but no deals have happened, and this is really adding some intrigue to the market.

3. Ron DeSantis:

   I can tell you in four years, you did n’t see our administration leaking like a sieve, you did n’t see a lot of drama or palace intrigue, what you saw was surgical, precision execution. Day after day after day. And because we did that, we beat the left day after day after day.

4. Rebecca Jarvis:

   I've been covering business for more than a decade, from the housing collapse to the fall of Bear Stearns, to the Bernie Madoff scandal, but none of these comes even close to the mystery and intrigue of Elizabeth Holmes.

5. Azel Backus:

   Error always addresses the passions and prejudices; truth scorns such mean intrigue, and only addresses the understanding and the conscience.