counterplotting

verb

present participle of counterplot
as in plotting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterplotting
  1. plotting
  2. intriguing
  3. colluding
  4. conniving
  5. scheming
  6. devising
  7. hatching
  8. conspiring
Verb
  • Israeli Defense Forces said Bik was involved in plotting attacks and recruiting new members.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • All of this is unfolding during a polarizing presidential election between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted of plotting a coup.
    — DAN RESTREPO, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of plotting
Verb
  • The female forward is in front of the camera, behind the camera, really getting women, intriguing them to come to the service and watch.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The first four episodes made available for review likewise have tiny sparks of interest, from some witty dialogue to genuine plot momentum to intriguing new characters popping up.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 21 June 2026
Definition of intriguing
Verb
  • Rights groups have accused the military of colluding with the settlers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Most crimes across Mexico went unsolved, and authorities sometimes appeared to be colluding with criminals instead of fighting them.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of colluding
Verb
  • Gizelle, who has been stirring the pot and playing producer for everyone on the trip, keeps up her conniving ways by sitting down all the RHOP ladies except for Candiace during their Potomac retrospective moment at the party.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The conniving Cardinal Richelieu is the central villain in this 1993 action/comedy adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic 1844 novel.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of conniving
Verb
  • They were accused of scheming to steal $20 million in union funds for personal gain.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Retaliation is not unheard of in higher education and fear of scheming colleagues is common.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of scheming
Verb
  • Across product organizations, Microsoft executives have been devising ways to charge customers based on usage to better reflect rising costs.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of devising
Verb
  • While the folklore may be fun to talk about, the width of their bands are determined by hatching conditions, genetics and behavior of a brood, among other things, experts say.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Yet more nests are hatching, even as a smaller percentage of those chicks are surviving.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of hatching
Verb
  • Another sanctioned defendant, Aslhy Javier Galeano Basurto, has also been charged in Nebraska with conspiring to provide material support to Tren de Aragua and other offenses.
    — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The company and the NFL scored three legal wins this week in the Southern District of New York, with judges dismissing lawsuits accusing the online retailer and the football league of illegally conspiring to suppress competition.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of conspiring
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