NOUN | cognition | plot, secret plan, game | a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) |
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location | plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patch | a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation | |
communication | plot | the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. | |
communication | plot | a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object | |
VERB | cognition | plot | plan secretly, usually something illegal |
creation | plot, diagram | make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed | |
cognition | plot, plat | make a plat of | |
creation | plot | devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet) |
Sounds | plaa't | |
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Rhymes | aforethought ... yacht: 79 rhymes with aat... |
Meaning | A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal). | |
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Example | "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor" | |
Synonyms | secret plan, game | |
Narrower | conspiracy, cabal | A plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) |
counterplot, counterplan | A plot intended to subvert another plot | |
intrigue, machination | A crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends | |
Broader | scheme, strategy | An elaborate and systematic plan of action |
Spanish | complot, conjuración | |
Catalan | complot, conjuració, conjura | |
Verbs | plot | plan secretly, usually something illegal |
Meaning | A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation. | |
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Example | "a bean plot" | |
Synonyms | plot of land, plot of ground, patch | |
Narrower | bed | A plot of ground in which plants are growing |
garden | A plot of ground where plants are cultivated | |
Broader | tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel | An extended area of land |
Spanish | bancal, era | |
Catalan | bancal, era, erol |
Meaning | The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.. | |
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Example | "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal" | |
Narrower | action | The series of events that form a plot |
storyline, plot line | The plot of a book or play or film | |
Broader | story | A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events |
Spanish | argumento, asunto, trama | |
Catalan | argument, assumpte, trama |
Meaning | A chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object. | |
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Broader | chart, graph | A visual display of information |
Verbs | plot | make a plat of |
Meaning | plan secretly, usually something illegal. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They plot to move | |
Example | "They plotted the overthrow of the government" | |
Narrower | conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate | Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together |
counterplot | make a plot in response to another plot | |
scheme, intrigue, connive | form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner | |
Broader | plan | make plans for something |
Spanish | maquinar, urdir | |
Catalan | maquinar, ordir | |
Nouns | plot | a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) |
plotter | a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action |
Meaning | make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | diagram | |
Narrower | graph | Plot upon a graph |
Broader | draw | represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface |
Catalan | delinear, traçar | |
Nouns | plotter | an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures |
plotter | a clerk who marks data on a chart / chart |
Meaning | make a plat of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | plat | |
Broader | map | make a map of |
Spanish | preparar un diagrama | |
Nouns | plot | a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object |
Meaning | Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "the writer is plotting a new novel" | |
Broader | plan, project, contrive, design | make or work out a plan for |
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