Dragnet and Plot

Dragnet

Dragnet noun - A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths.
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Synonyms for Dragnet

Plot and dragnet are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plot" instead a noun "Dragnet".

Plot

Plot noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.

Dragnet and plot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dragnet" instead a noun "Plot".

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

Both words in one sentence

  • Opening Narration: In the vein of Dragnet, in that it often tied into the plot of that week's episode.
  • Joe Friday's "This is the city" narrations from Dragnet very rarely fell into this, mostly because the narration is used to set up the plot of the episode, very little waxing philosophical is ever done.
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Plot and Dragnet. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dragnet/plot
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