CABAL (caballed, caballing)
Dictionary entry overview: What does cabal mean?
• CABAL (noun)
The noun CABAL has 2 senses:
1. a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
2. a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
Familiarity information: CABAL used as a noun is rare.
• CABAL (verb)
The verb CABAL has 1 sense:
1. engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
Familiarity information: CABAL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CABAL (noun)
Meaning:
A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
junto; faction; camarilla; cabal
Hypernyms ("cabal" is a kind of...):
camp; clique; coterie; ingroup; inner circle; pack (an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose)
Meronyms (members of "cabal"):
cabalist (a member of a cabal)
Meaning:
A plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
cabal; conspiracy
Hypernyms ("cabal" is a kind of...):
game; plot; secret plan (a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal))
Domain category:
government; political science; politics (the study of government of states and other political units)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cabal"):
Gunpowder Plot (a conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes)
• CABAL (verb)
Meaning:
Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
cabal; complot; conspire; machinate; conjure
Context example:
They conspired to overthrow the government
Hypernyms (to "cabal" is one way to...):
plot (plan secretly, usually something illegal)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cabal"):
coconspire (conspire together)
Sentence frames:
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