plot

Nouns

  • (n) 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
    secret plan, game,
  • (n) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
    • a bean plot
    • a cabbage patch
    • a briar patch
    plot of ground, plot of land, patch,
  • (n) the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
    • the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal
  • (n) a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object

Verbs

  • (v) plan secretly, usually something illegal
    • They plotted the overthrow of the government
  • (v) make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed diagram,
  • (v) make a plat of
    • Plat the town
    plat,
  • (v) devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
    • the writer is plotting a new novel

Synonyms

secret plan game diagram plot of ground plot of land patch plat

Words of close approximity

plod plop plow ploy
PLF PLO ply
plan plat play plea pleb plod plop plow ploy plug plum plus
plot element Plotinus plot line plot of ground plot of land plotted plotter Plott hound