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

Properties listed range from pastures for rent to a few dozen acres of unplanted land for sale to larger plots with orchards for sale. — Lizzie Kane july 18, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026

The facilities typically require vast plots of land, energy to power the chips and servers inside, and water to cool high-tech equipment. — Lora Kolodny,jeniece Pettitt, CNBC, 16 July 2026

The pilot episode of the legendary sitcom premiered on NBC on July 5, 1989, changing television by focusing on everyday — often absurd — occurrences instead of tantalizing drama, serial plots or episodic story arcs. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

The plots, written with Gen Alpha at top of mind, are energetic, a little chaotic, brimming with imagination, and clearly inspired by the shows and characters Chow and his team grew up watching on networks like Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel. — Rachel Brodsky, Time, 14 July 2026

The Assessor’s Office considered the plots agricultural in the past, but the Moyles have been working on a plan for a potential development. — Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2026

Angelus’s soils are principally clay-limestone, while Carillon’s plots vary between clay, sand and limestone. — Lewis Chester, Robb Report, 11 July 2026

Each of the films in the franchise features Leatherface, although their plots vary. — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

In June, the developers asked Fort Worth to change the zoning of two neighboring plots so the project could absorb the extra five acres. — Rachel Royster july 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2026

Verb

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

While Burnham plots his next move, the UK government now enters a new period of uncertainty, potentially facing a sixth prime minister in seven years. — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 June 2026

An engineer plots a well’s falling output, fits a curve, and projects it forward. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

The same teenager who drafts op-eds to send to places like the Times plots his next battle attack. — Liana Handler follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026

Shakespeare’s comedies especially understand the joy of watching people get trapped in schemes and plots well beyond their control. — Literary Hub, 2 June 2026

Goldman here plots the earnings-revisions trend for 2027 among AI-infrastructure plays, energy companies, the overall S & P 500 and the rest of the S & P outside of AI and energy. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 May 2026

While the story is fundamentally the same as the original production — man discovers wife is having an affair, man then plots for his wife’s murder, man then must evade the cops — Hatcher brings the story to the 21st century in many ways. — Amy Reyes may 14, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026

Killen strategically plots it out and gives us memorable supporting characters — Alice Braga as Creasy’s helper and driver, Scoot McNairy (great as usual) as a CIA field agent. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 May 2026