n. 1 scheme, plan, intrigue, machination, cabal; conspiracy The plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament was uncovered at a late stage 2 story (line), chain of events, theme, outline, scenario, thread, skeleton Most operas have weak plots, but the music can be sublime
v. 3 scheme, plan, intrigue, machinate, cabal, collude, conspire, hatch, devise, design, arrange, organize, concoct, dream up, conceive, Colloq cook up Martin's wife had been plotting to murder him since their wedding night 4 draw, plan, diagram, lay down, outline, calculate, compute, figure, chart, map (out), find, determine, depict, show The navigator plotted our position as being in the Strait of Malacca