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... conspiratorschemerintriguermachinatorplptterdesigner Word family Forms plottered Related forms plotplotting Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown