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Synonyms for counterplot
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : noun, verb koun-ter-plot; verb koun-ter-plot |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun, verb ˈkaʊn tərˌplɒt; verb ˌkaʊn tərˈplɒt |
Top 10 synonyms for counterplot Other synonyms for the word counterplot
- beat down
- beat the system
- bury
- cabal
- cast down
- cause setback
- checkmate
- circumvent
- complot
- confederacy
- confound
- connivance
- contravene
- cook
- countermine
- counterplot
- covin
- cross
- disappoint
- discomfit
- disconcert
- disloyalty
- disprove
- edge out
- fix
- foil
- frame
- game
- hookup
- intrigue
- invalidate
- league
- little game
- machination
- neutralize
- nonplus
- nose out
- nullify
- overturn
- perfidy
- practice
- put end to
- put-up job
- puzzle
- quell
- reduce
- refute
- ruin
- scuttle
- shave
- shellac
- skunk
- spoil
- squash
- stump
- subdue
- subjugate
- surmount
- take wind out of sails
- throw for loop
- treacherousness
- treachery
- trick
- trickery
- undo
- victimize
Définition of counterplot
- As in conspiracy : noun collusion in plan
- As in defeat : verb frustrate
- The story of each year, with its plot and counterplot, I have told elsewhere.
- Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut
- The king is only, or he appears, tricksy because you compel him to wind and counterplot.
- Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith
- But the waters were seething now, stirred to their very lees by plot and counterplot.
- Extract from : « The Secret Witness » by George Gibbs
- It was evident that I had been plunged into the center of intrigue, plot and counterplot.
- Extract from : « Blindfolded » by Earle Ashley Walcott
- She was warned in time, and thereupon hatched a counterplot for his destruction.
- Extract from : « The Beautiful White Devil » by Guy Boothby
- But you are entirely in the dark as to the purport of all this plot and counterplot?
- Extract from : « A Traitor's Wooing » by Headon Hill
- In reality there was a counterplot, and that in a dangerous quarter.
- Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane
- As nearly as I could make it out, there was a counterplot against the Furious.
- Extract from : « The Social Gangster » by Arthur B. Reeve
- By the second challenge Jim had risen to the situation and formed his counterplot.
- Extract from : « Humours of Irish Life » by Various
- There, too, moves the game of politics in plot and counterplot.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science » by Various
Antonyms for counterplot
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