PLOTTER
Dictionary entry overview: What does plotter mean?
• PLOTTER (noun)
The noun PLOTTER has 4 senses:
1. a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action
2. a clerk who marks data on a chart
3. a member of a conspiracy
4. an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures
Familiarity information: PLOTTER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PLOTTER (noun)
Meaning:
A planner who draws up a personal scheme of action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
plotter; schemer
Hypernyms ("plotter" is a kind of...):
contriver; deviser; planner (a person who makes plans)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plotter"):
angler (a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage)
politician (a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways)
Meaning:
A clerk who marks data on a chart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
mapper; plotter
Hypernyms ("plotter" is a kind of...):
clerk (an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts))
Meaning:
A member of a conspiracy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
coconspirator; conspirator; machinator; plotter
Hypernyms ("plotter" is a kind of...):
criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime)
Instance hyponyms:
Fawkes; Guy Fawkes (English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606))
Oates; Titus Oates (English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705))
Holonyms ("plotter" is a member of...):
confederacy; conspiracy (a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose)
Meaning:
An instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("plotter" is a kind of...):
instrument (a device that requires skill for proper use)
Domain category:
computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
