collusive

1. 1.

   acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end

   Synonymsconniving

   Similarcovert

Questions about collusive

What does collusive mean?

collusive means "acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end".

How many syllables are in collusive?

collusive has 3 syllables: col-lu-sive. The stress falls on "lu". In IPA it is /kəˈlusɪv/.

What is another word for collusive?

Close synonyms include conniving. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is collusive a common word?

collusive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with collusive?

3 words rhyme with collusive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.