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- [noun kom-plot; verb kuh m-plot]
- /noun ˈkɒmˌplɒt; verb kəmˈplɒt/
- /kəmplˈɒt/
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- [noun kom-plot; verb kuh m-plot]
- /noun ˈkɒmˌplɒt; verb kəmˈplɒt/
Definitions of complot word
- noun complot a plot or conspiracy 3
- verb complot to plot together; conspire 3
- noun complot a plotting together; conspiracy 3
- noun complot a plot involving several participants; conspiracy. 1
- noun complot (archaic) A plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy. 1
- verb complot (archaic) To plot. 0
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Origin of complot
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
1570-80; < Middle French; compare Old French complot dense crowd, accord, understanding, conspiracy, complote assembly (of troops); of obscure origin
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Parts of speech for Complot
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
complot popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
complot usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for complot
noun complot
- collaboration — Collaboration is the act of working together to produce a piece of work, especially a book or some research.
- connivance — Connivance is a willingness to allow or assist something to happen even though you know it is wrong.
- collusion — Collusion is secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- involvement — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- manipulation — the act of manipulating.
verb complot
- tend — to attend by action, care, etc. (usually followed by to).
- cooperate — If you cooperate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people cooperate.
- join — to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
- conduce — to lead or contribute (to a result)
- consort — If you say that someone consorts with a particular person or group, you mean that they spend a lot of time with them, and usually that you do not think this is a good thing.
Antonyms for complot
noun complot
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- refusal — an act or instance of refusing.
- innocence — the quality or state of being innocent; freedom from sin or moral wrong.
- involve — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
verb complot
- divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
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