plotter

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈplɑtɚ/ UK /ˈplɒtə/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like platter /æ/ vs /ɑ/

Meanings

1

noun
a person who plans a secret scheme, or a device for drawing graphs

The plotter was arrested before the conspiracy could unfold.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who plans a secret... conspirator schemerintriguermachinatorplptterdesigner

Word family

Forms plottered

Related forms plot plotting

Etymology

From plot (a secret plan or scheme; from Old English plot 'small piece of ground', the 'scheme' sense influenced by French complot) + -er.

plot Old English

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# plotter

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈplɑtɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈplɒtə/

## Meanings
1. a person who plans a secret scheme, or a device for drawing graphs

## Examples
- The plotter was arrested before the conspiracy could unfold.

## Synonyms
- conspirator
- schemer
- intriguer
- machinator
- plptter
- designer

## Related Forms
- plot
- plotting

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: plot

## Etymology
From plot (a secret plan or scheme; from Old English plot 'small piece of ground', the 'scheme' sense influenced by French complot) + -er.

## AI Etymology
Plotter is from plot (a secret plan or scheme; from Old English plot 'small piece of ground', the 'scheme' sense influenced by French complot) + -er. Important recorded forms include plot (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a person who plans a secret scheme, or a device for drawing graphs. The wider family includes related words such as plot and plotting.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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