counterplot
counterplot is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem. Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted. De Quinsey.
- 2.A plot or artifice opposed to another. L'Estrange.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accusation
- and
- another
- back
- beau
- bit
- biter
- blow
- can
- cap
- catch
- coin
- compensation
- compliment
- counter
- courteous
- cut
- diamond
- even
- exchange
- for
- game
- garden
- give
- good
- hoist
- lex
- lite
- measure
- much
- off
- old
- one
- own
- par
- pay
- petard
- play
- pro
- quid
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
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Definition-first questions whose answer is counterplot.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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