47 synonyms for intrigue such as complot, absorb, cabal, and collude. Intrigue is a verb, and its antonyms are bore and disinterest.
Absorb, absorbing, arouse someone's curiosity, attract, be a source of fascination to, be of interest to, captivate, captivating, charm, compelling, divert, diverting, draw, engage someone's attention, engaging, engross, enthralling, fascinate, fascinating, gripping, interest, interesting, lure, rivet, riveting, stimulating, tantalize, tantalizing, tempt, thought-provoking, titillate, and titillating.
Cabal, collude, complot, connive, conspire, hatch a plot, lay plans, machinate, make secret plans, manoeuvre, plot, scheme, take part in a conspiracy, and work hand in glove.