Plot
Plot noun - The unfolding of events in a dramatic or literary work.
Usage example: wrote novels in which the plot was always subordinate to the characterizations
Subject is a synonym for plot in story topic. In some cases you can use "Subject" instead a noun "Plot", when it comes to topics like story line.
Subject
Subject noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).
How words are described
| good | good plot | good subject |
| exact | exact plot | exact subject |
| particular | particular plot | particular subject |
| similar | similar plot | similar subject |
| Other adjectives: common, complex, current, original, single, actual, entire, real, complicated, serious, dark, main, interesting, important, major, frequent, primary, different, recurring, failed. | ||
Common collocations
| someone | plot someone | subject someone |
| story | plot story | subject story |
| population | plot population | subject population |
Both words in one sentence
- An established character reveals a major part of their life story that is contrived as a plot device to match the subject of today's episode.
Source: Backstory of the Day - The plot kicks off when a group of five teenage test subject escape from a facility where they're being experimented on as part of the eponymous Elysium Project.
Source: Escaped from the Lab -
Wacky Racing: The subject of a five-part plot arc that happened later in the series.
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Subject and Plot. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/plot/subject
Plot & Subject. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/plot/subject>.
Subject or Plot. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/plot/subject.
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