Synonyms & related words for machinate

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of machinate — including complot, conspire, devise, counterplot, cabal, contrive. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to machinate

Explore words related to machinate — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include machination, machinator, plottingly, connivery, coplot, plotful, conspiringly, conspirer. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for machinate

Common synonyms for machinate include complot, conspire, devise, counterplot, cabal, contrive, connive, collude — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does machinate come from?

The word machinate breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: machin, from Latin machina (“device, contrivance”); and -ate, from Latin atus (“to do, form verb”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.