All plot synonyms
plot
P p verb plot
- dope out β any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- form β external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- make waves β a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- leave holding the bag β a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- check up β If you check up on something, you find out information about it.
- add up β If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
- knock together β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- determine β If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- blueprinting β a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- frame up β a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- hit upon β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- map out β a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- bring forth β to give birth to
- look over β the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
- concoct β If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true.
- mapped β a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- angle β An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
- in flames β to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- conspire β If two or more people or groups conspire to do something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it.
- diagramed β Simple past tense and past participle of diagram.
- hatch β to mark with lines, especially closely set parallel lines, as for shading in drawing or engraving.
- diagramming β a figure, usually consisting of a line drawing, made to accompany and illustrate a geometrical theorem, mathematical demonstration, etc.
noun plot
- chart β A chart is a diagram, picture, or graph which is intended to make information easier to understand.
- complot β a plot or conspiracy
- connivance β Connivance is a willingness to allow or assist something to happen even though you know it is wrong.
- map β Walter, c1140β1209? Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist.
- chicanery β Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- demarche β move, step, or manoeuvre, esp in diplomatic affairs
- way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- back forty β remote, usually uncultivated acreage on a large piece of land, as on a farm or ranch.
- conniving β If you describe someone as conniving, you mean you dislike them because they make secret plans in order to get things for themselves or harm other people.
- design β When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
- mead β George Herbert, 1863β1931, U.S. philosopher and author.
- immoveables β incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
- lea β Homer, 1876β1912, U.S. soldier and author: adviser 1911β12 to Sun Yat-sen in China.
- wherever β where? (used emphatically): Wherever did you find that?
- area β An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world.
- bunco β a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
- incidents β Plural form of incident.
- meads β George Herbert, 1863β1931, U.S. philosopher and author.
- wile β a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- game β an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- byway β A byway is a small road which is not used by many cars or people.
- glebe β Also called glebe land. Chiefly British. the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
- gamesmanship β the use of methods, especially in a sports contest, that are dubious or seemingly improper but not strictly illegal.
- ground plan β Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
- quicksand β a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface.