Intend
Intend verb - To have in mind as a purpose or goal.
Usage example: an aspiring entrepreneur who intends to revolutionize the biotech industry
Plot
Plot verb - To engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| destruction | intend destruction | plot destruction |
| way | intend way | plot way |
| home | intend home | plot home |
| story | intend story | plot story |
Both words in one sentence
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Nag and Nagaina were once a prince and princess who were betrayed by a warlock who set them up for a plot to murder their stepmother (which they actually did intend to do).
- Baldrick overhears two actors discussing how they intend to murder the Prince in a hilariously gory fashion, and immediately suspects a plot.
Source: Exact Eaves Dropping - If the Earl of Delberg survives the battle, he gives the Princess his title and his castle; the plot then implies that the heroes intend to eventually go back to Betancuria to fight the Dhorn.
Source: Video Game / A Dance with Rogues
Cite this Source
Plot and Intend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/intend/plot
Intend & Plot. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/intend/plot>.
Plot or Intend. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/intend/plot.
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