Synonyms for plot

Synonyms for (noun) plot

Synonyms: plot, game, secret plan

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

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

Similar words: strategy, scheme

Definition: an elaborate and systematic plan of action


Synonyms: plot

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

Usage: the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal

Similar words: story

Definition: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events

Usage: he writes stories for the magazines


Synonyms: plot

Definition: a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object

Similar words: chart

Definition: a visual display of information


Synonyms: patch, plot, plot of ground, plot of land

Definition: a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

Usage: a bean plot; a cabbage patch; a briar patch

Similar words: piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel, parcel of land

Definition: an extended area of land


Synonyms for (verb) plot

Synonyms: plot

Definition: plan secretly, usually something illegal

Usage: They plotted the overthrow of the government

Similar words: plan

Definition: make plans for something

Usage: He is planning a trip with his family


Synonyms: plat, plot

Definition: make a plat of

Usage: Plat the town

Similar words: map

Definition: make a map of; show or establish the features of details of

Usage: map the surface of Venus


Synonyms: plot

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

Usage: the writer is plotting a new novel

Similar words: contrive, design, project, plan

Definition: make or work out a plan for; devise

Usage: They contrived to murder their boss; design a new sales strategy; plan an attack


Synonyms: diagram, plot

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

Similar words: draw

Definition: represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface

Usage: She drew an elephant; Draw me a horse


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