Plot and Subplot

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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

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

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

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Plot and subplot are semantically related. You can use "Plot" instead a noun "Subplot".

Leaving Las Vegas seems to be setting the viewer up for a thriller plot or subplot, with its early chance encounters between Ben.

Source: Fauxshadow
Fauxshadow: The film seems to be setting the viewer up for a thriller plot or subplot, with its early chance encounters between Ben.

Source: Film / Leaving Las Vegas
Every character has a moment to shine and his the focus of at least one plot or subplot, even the original chapters.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy

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Subplot or Plot. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/plot/subplot.

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