Antonyms for plot
plɒtplot

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1. plotnoun

   The general course of a story including significant events that determine its course or significant patterns of events.

   They had plotted a robbery.

   Synonyms:
   storyline

2. plotnoun

   To trace out (a graph or diagram).

   They plotted the number of edits per day.

   Synonyms:
   parcel

3. plotverb

   To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

   Every five minutes they plotted their position.

   Synonyms:
   scheme, conspiracy

4. plotverb

   To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.

   They were plotting against the king.

   Synonyms:
   scheme

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1. plotnoun

   Synonyms:
   scheme, plan, stratagem, combination, conspiracy, machination

2. plotverb

   Synonyms:
   devise, concoct, conspire, contrive, frame, batch, pluck

Matched Categories

1. • Contrive
   • Draw
   • Plan
   • Story
   • Tract

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.8 / 5 votes

1. plot, secret plan, gamenoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   secret plan, plot of ground, biz, patch, plot of land, game

2. plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patchnoun

   a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

   "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"

   Synonyms:
   speckle, patch, dapple, bandage, fleck, eyepatch, temporary hookup, darn, mend, maculation, game, piece, secret plan, while, plot of land, spot, spell, plot of ground

3. plotnoun

   the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.

   "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"

   Synonyms:
   secret plan, plot of ground, patch, plot of land, game

4. plotverb

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

   Synonyms:
   secret plan, plot of ground, patch, plot of land, game

5. plotverb

   plan secretly, usually something illegal

   "They plotted the overthrow of the government"

   Synonyms:
   plat, diagram

6. diagram, plotverb

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

   Synonyms:
   plat, diagram

7. plat, plotverb

   make a plat of

   "Plat the town"

   Synonyms:
   plat, diagram

8. plotverb

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

   "the writer is plotting a new novel"

   Synonyms:
   plat, diagram

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1. plotnoun

   Synonyms:
   conspiracy, intrigue, machination, cabal, complot, plat, imbroglio (complicated plot)

   Associated words:
   marplot

2. plotverb

   Synonyms:
   conspire, intrigue, cabal, complot, machinate, scheme

How to use plot in a sentence?

1. Benjamin Sasse:

   Ultimately we're going to win this fight, it's just going to take decades, the American people well understand that staying partnered with a good ally like the Afghan government is the best way to deny future safe havens to those who would plot jihadi attacks across the globe.

2. Abu Bakr al Baghdadi:

   We promise you that anyone who participates in the war on the Islamic State will pay a high price and will regret it, so, plot O America, plot O Europe, plot O Russia.

3. Markwayne Mullin:

   >( CNN) It's like the plot of a( bad) thriller movie.A congressman embarks on a secret mission to rescue five American citizens, demanding a huge sum of cash from an ambassador -- immediately ! -- to make it all work.Truth, as people who follow politics closely, is always stranger than fiction.Which brings us to the curious case of Oklahoma Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin and Markwayne Mullin suspended attempt to enter Afghanistan with a big sack of money that Oklahoma Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin hoped would be arranged for Oklahoma Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin by the US ambassador to Tajikistan.As The Washington Post, which broke the story, noted : Read More.

4. David Tatel:

   [D]isputes between Congress and the President are a recurring plot in our national story, and that is precisely what the Framers intended.

5. Clarissa Ward:

   The fact that it was prerecorded and then released at a specific time indicates indeed that there's some kind of premeditated plot here.

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