Entry Word: plot

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends <they uncovered a plot to assassinate the President just in time>

Synonyms conspiracy, design, intrigue, machination, scheme

Related Words frame-up; manipulation, subterfuge, trickery; artifice, contrivance, maneuver, stratagem, trick; cabal, confederacy, ring; game, gimmick, racket; ground plan, program, strategy, system; collusion, complicity, connivance, conniving

2 a small area of usually open land <grew vegetables in a little plot> — see field 1
3 a small piece of land that is developed or available for development <subdivided the old farm into plots for tract houses> — see lot 1