Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun counterplot

1 sense of counterplot

Sense 1
counterplot, counterplan -- (a plot intended to subvert another plot)
       => plot, secret plan, game -- (a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb counterplot

1 sense of counterplot

Sense 1
counterplot -- (make a plot in response to another plot)
       => plot -- (plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government")