Synonyms of plots

plots 1 of 2

noun

plural of plot

1

as in schemes

a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• schemes
• conspiracies
• machinations
• intrigues
• designs
• strategies
• counterplots
• subterfuges
• manipulations
• maneuvers
• trickeries
• stratagems
• artifices
• contrivances
• cabals
• programs
• systems
• frame-ups
• counterconspiracies
• rackets
• drafts
• dodges
• confederacies
• collusions
• complicities
• games
• cover-ups
• ground plans
• rings
• gimmicks
• tricks
• connivances
• conspirations

2

as in fields

a small area of usually open land

grew vegetables in a little plot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fields
• tracts
• grounds
• clearings
• parcels
• meadows
• plats
• lots
• lawns
• grasses
• commons
• green
• pastures
• grasslands
• crofts
• moors
• greenswards
• glades
• heaths
• leas
• pasturelands
• heathlands

3

as in properties

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

subdivided the old farm into plots for tract houses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• properties
• tracts
• parcels
• lots
• plats
• developments
• leases
• patches
• frontages
• real estates

4

as in stories

the unfolding of events in a dramatic or literary work

wrote novels in which the plot was always subordinate to the characterizations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stories
• actions
• story lines
• subplots
• plans
• arcs
• developments
• themes
• subjects
• schemes
• designs
• outlines
• arguments
• mythoi

plots

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of plot

as in plans

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

mobsters were caught plotting to take over the company

Synonyms & Similar Words

• schemes
• plans
• intrigues
• engineers
• conspires
• designs
• connives
• contrives
• colludes
• devises
• counterplots
• machinates
• maps
• manipulates
• compasses
• hatches
• concocts
• maneuvers
• brews
• cooks (up)
• shapes
• puts up
• jockeys
• frames
• lays out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plots

Noun

Some earlier assassins expected it of themselves, canceling plots that would have killed bystanders. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

While everyone else is staring at dot plots and hanging on Jensen Huang's every utterance, Illumina (ILMN) has been quietly doing what good charts do. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

One of the murder-for-hire plots took place in July and August of this year, the indictment says. — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

The problem was that the clothes proved far more interesting than the plots. — Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

The evolution of terrorism Law enforcement spends much of its focus on plots that happened and attacks that became near misses through hapless bad actors. — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Even though the tides are slowly turning, many video games have formulaic plots that reinforce old-school gender and heteronormative roles, often featuring a hero saving a damsel in distress from a menacing villain. — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2026

The earlier series has increasingly strained credulity by having its romance plots hinge on inequalities of gender and class, but seldom of race. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026

As the 25th anniversary of 9/11 nears, here’s how those attacks, the earlier bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 and subsequent plots shaped airline and airport security. — Rio Yamat, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Verb

Bank of America plots the asset allocation of its wealthy private clients weekly. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

The software then anonymizes the entry to protect privacy, and plots a circle in the general area. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026

But the Green Book plots Ecobalyse points, PEF micropoints and Higg scores together despite their different units and methodologies. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

This chart from Henry Allen at Deutsche Bank plots the rate of inflation at the beginning of each historical period when the Fed began raising rates, against the number of basis points in that rate-raising cycle. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026

Despite his rakish lifestyle, Don Juan falls in love with innocent Adriana, infuriating the envious Lucrezia Borgia (Estelle Taylor), who plots to ruin the young lovers’ nascent romance. — Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026

Plus, the Office of Science and Technology Policy plots a venture capital-like model for the scientific grant process. — Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 23 July 2026

Capitalizing on the tide of anti-Rhaenyra sentiment rising among the peasants of King's Landing, Ormund plots to sow further unrest by paying off a band of smallfolk to brutally torture and kill members of the City Watch. — Megan McCluskey, Time, 20 July 2026

The true Daeron now graduates to a speaking role with the release of episode 4, as the scheming head of House Hightower now plots to put the young royal on the Iron Throne. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026