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plot

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of plot

1 a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends

  • the Secret Service uncovered just in time a plot to assassinate the President
Synonyms of plot

conspiracy, design, intrigue, machination, scheme
Words Related to plot

counterconspiracy, counterplot

frame-up

manipulation, subterfuge, trickery

artifice, contrivance, cover-up, dodge, draft, maneuver, stratagem, trick

cabal, confederacy, ring

game, gimmick, racket

ground plan, program, strategy, system

collusion, complicity, connivance, conniving, conspiration

2 a small area of usually open land

  • grew vegetables in a little plot
Synonyms of plot

clearing, field, ground, lot, parcel, plat, tract
Words Related to plot

common(s), croft [chiefly British]

grass, green, greensward, lawn

glade, grassland, heath, heathland, lea (or ley), meadow, moor, pasture, pastureland

3 a small piece of land that is developed or available for development

  • subdivided the old farm into plots for tract houses
Synonyms of plot

lot, parcel, plat, property, tract
Words Related to plot

patch

frontage

lease

development

real estate

4 the unfolding of events in a dramatic or literary work

  • wrote novels in which the plot was always subordinate to the characterizations
Synonyms of plot

action, story, story line
Words Related to plot

subplot

arc, development

design, outline, plan, scheme

argument, mythos, subject, theme

Synonym Discussion of plot

plot, intrigue, machination, conspiracy, cabal mean a plan secretly devised to accomplish an evil or treacherous end. plot implies careful foresight in planning a complex scheme.
    • an assassination plot
intrigue suggests secret underhanded maneuvering in an atmosphere of duplicity.
    • backstairs intrigue
machination implies a contriving of annoyances, injuries, or evils by indirect means.
    • the machinations of a party boss
conspiracy implies a secret agreement among several people usually involving treason or great treachery.
    • a conspiracy to fix prices
cabal typically applies to political intrigue involving persons of some eminence.
    • a cabal among powerful senators

synonyms see in addition plan

plot

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of plot

to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends

  • mobsters were caught plotting to take over the company
Synonyms of plot

collude, compass, connive, conspire, contrive, intrigue, machinate, put up, scheme
Words Related to plot

counterplot

brew, concoct, cook (up), devise, hatch

engineer, jockey, maneuver, manipulate

design, frame, lay out, map, plan, shape

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