plot

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of PLOT

a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends <the Secret Service uncovered just in time a plot to assassinate the President>

Synonyms conspiracy, design, intrigue, machination, scheme

a small area of usually open land <grew vegetables in a little plot>

Synonyms clearing, ground, lot, parcel, plat, plot, tract

Related Words common(s), croft [chiefly British]; grass, green, greensward, lawn; glade, grassland, heath, heathland, lea (or ley), meadow, moor, pasture, pastureland

a small piece of land that is developed or available for development <subdivided the old farm into plots for tract houses>

Synonyms parcel, plat, plot, property, tract

Related Words patch; frontage; lease; development; real estate

the unfolding of events in a dramatic or literary work <wrote novels in which the plot was always subordinate to the characterizations>

Synonyms plot, story, story line

Related Words subplot; arc, development; design, outline, plan, scheme; argument, mythos, subject, theme

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