Synonyms for plot
plɒt

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1. plot, secret plan, game(noun)

   a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

   "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"

   Synonyms:
   stinting, economic, sparing, scotch, frugal, economical

   Antonyms:
   wasteful, inefficient

2. plot(noun)

   the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.

   "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"

   Synonyms:
   genus Epipremnum

3. plot(noun)

   a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object

   Synonyms:
   choose, favor, privilege, favour, prefer, opt

4. plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patch(noun)

   a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

   "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"

   Synonyms:
   golf widow

5. plot(verb)

   plan secretly, usually something illegal

   "They plotted the overthrow of the government"

   Synonyms:
   ring blackbird, ring ouzel, ring thrush

6. plat, plot(verb)

   make a plat of

   "Plat the town"

   Synonyms:
   rinsing

7. plot(verb)

   devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)

   "the writer is plotting a new novel"

   Synonyms:
   serrated wrack, flavour, sea tangle, relish, tanginess, piquantness, bladderwrack, zest, savour, flavor, piquance, smack, sea tang, black rockweed, bladder fucus, piquancy, sapidity, tang, savor

8. diagram, plot(verb)

   make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

   Synonyms:
   crop, snip, discerp, dismember, trim, cut back, prune, sever, lop, break up, dress, clip, take apart

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1. plot(noun)

   To conceive (a crime, etc).

   They had plotted a robbery.

   Synonyms:
   storyline

2. plot(noun)

   To trace out (a graph or diagram).

   They plotted the number of edits per day.

   Synonyms:
   parcel

3. plot(verb)

   To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

   Every five minutes they plotted their position.

   Synonyms:
   scheme, conspiracy

4. plot(verb)

   To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.

   They were plotting against the king.

   Synonyms:
   scheme

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. plot(n)

   Synonyms:
   scheme, plan, stratagem, combination, conspiracy, machination

2. plot(v)

   Synonyms:
   devise, concoct, conspire, contrive, frame, batch, pluck

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. conspire

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. plot(n.)

   Synonyms:
   plat, piece of ground

2. plot(n.)

   Synonyms:
   plan (of a piece of land), draught, sketch, outline

3. plot(n.)

   Synonyms:
   scheme (especially for a bad purpose), stratagem, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, machination

4. plot(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   plan (for some mischief), scheme, contrive, lay a plan, form a plot

5. plot(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   plan (as something mischievous), concoct, contrive, project, devise, frame, brew, hatch, compass

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. plot(n)

   Synonyms:
   conspiracy, intrigue, machination, cabal, complot, plat, imbroglio (complicated plot)

   Associated words:
   marplot

2. plot(v)

   Synonyms:
   conspire, intrigue, cabal, complot, machinate, scheme

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "plot":

   conspiracy, parcel, intrigue, parcels, cover-up, curve, delineation, chart, route

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1. W. H. Auden:

   No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

2. Bill Oakley:

   The idea that anyone misappropriates it to make coronavirus seem like an Asian plot is terrible, in terms of trying to place blame on Asia — I think that is gross.

3. Kathy McDonald:

   Healthcare just matters to people, so even though we might not be paying attention to this plot line, we probably should.

4. Andrew Parker:

   It's in nobody's interests that terrorists should be able to plot and communicate out of the reach of any authority, we're focused on the people who mean us harm.

5. Peter Dumas:

   He was just blown away by what was coming out, the fact that she told him that these two inmates had a plot to kill him. She also had told him that she was not in agreement with it, that she was getting threatened by the inmates at that point.

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