English dictionary

plot

/pl/A/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

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

noun.cognition

Examples
They concocted a plot to discredit the governor.

Synonyms game secret plan

Source: WordNet 3.0
a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

noun.location

Examples
A bean plot.

Synonyms patch plot of ground plot of land

Source: WordNet 3.0
the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.

noun.communication

Examples
The characters were well drawn but the plot was banal.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object

noun.communication

Source: WordNet 3.0
A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden <i>plot</i>.

noun

Source: webster1913
Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house <i>Plot</i>.

noun

Source: webster1913

plan secretly, usually something illegal

verb.cognition

Examples
They plotted the overthrow of the government.

Source: WordNet 3.0
make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

verb.creation

Synonyms diagram

Source: WordNet 3.0
make a plat of

verb.cognition

Synonyms plat

Source: WordNet 3.0
devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)

verb.creation

Examples
The writer is plotting a new novel.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.

verb

Source: webster1913
To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.

verb

Source: webster1913
To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.

verb

Source: webster1913