A plot intended to subvert another plot.
synonym: counterplan.
Roget 718:
retaliation,
reprisal,
retort,
payback;
counter-stroke,
counter-blast,
counterplot,
counter-project;
retribution,
lex talionis [Lat.];
reciprocation
etc.
(reciprocity)
12.
tit for tat,
give and take,
blow for blow,
quid pro quo,
a Roland for an Oliver,
measure for measure,
diamond cut diamond,
the biter bit,
a game at which two can play;
reproof valiant,
retort courteous.
recrimination
etc.
(accusation)
938;
revenge
etc.
919;
compensation
etc.
30;
reaction
etc.
(recoil)
277.
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Roget 708:
opposition,
antagonism;
oppugnancy†,
oppugnation†;
impugnation†;
contrariety;
contravention;
counteraction
etc.
179;
counterplot.
cross fire,
undercurrent,
head wind.
clashing,
collision,
conflict.
competition,
two of a trade,
rivalry,
emulation,
race.
absence of aid
etc.
708;
resistance
etc.
719;
restraint
etc.
751;
hindrance
etc.
706.
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Roget 626:
plan,
scheme,
design,
project;
proposal,
proposition,
suggestion;
resolution,
motion;
precaution
etc.
(provision)
673;
deep-laid plan
etc.
(premeditated)
611;
system
etc.
(order)
58;
organization
etc.
(arrangement)
60;
germ
etc.
(cause)
153.
sketch,
skeleton,
outline,
draught,
draft,
ebauche [Fr.],
brouillon [Fr.];
rough cast,
rough draft,
draught copy;
copy;
proof,
revise.
drawing,
scheme,
schematic,
graphic,
chart,
flow chart
(representation)
554.
forecast,
program,
programme,
prospectus;
carte du pays [Fr.];
card;
bill,
protocol;
order of the day,
list of agenda;
bill of fare
etc.
(food)
298;
base of operations;
platform,
plank,
slate [U.S.],
ticket [U.S.].
role;
policy
etc.
(line of conduct)
692.
contrivance,
invention,
expedient,
receipt,
nostrum,
artifice,
device;
pipelaying [U.S.];
stratagem
etc.
(cunning)
702;
trick
etc.
(deception)
545;
alternative,
loophole;
shift
etc.
(substitute)
147;
last shift
etc.
(necessity)
601.
measure,
step;
stroke,
stroke of policy;
master stroke;
trump card,
court card;
cheval de bataille [Fr.],
great gun;
coup,
coup d'etat [Fr.];
clever stroke,
bold stroke,
good move,
good hit,
good stroke;
bright thought,
bright idea.
intrigue,
cabal,
plot,
conspiracy,
complot†,
machination;
subplot,
underplot†,
counterplot.
schemer,
schemist†,
schematist†;
strategist,
machinator;
projector,
artist,
promoter,
designer
etc.
v.;
conspirator;
intrigant
etc.
(cunning)
702†.
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