Synonyms of plot

Noun


1. plot, secret plan, game, scheme, strategy

usage: 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"

2. plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patch, tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel

usage: a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"

3. plot, story

usage: the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"

4. plot, chart

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

Verb


1. plot, plan

usage: plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government"

2. diagram, plot, draw

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

3. plat, plot, map

usage: make a plat of; "Plat the town"

4. plot, plan, project, contrive, design

usage: devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet); "the writer is plotting a new novel"

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Definition and meaning of plot (Dictionary)