plot line

1. 1.

   the plot of a book or play or film

   Synonymsstoryline

   Broaderplot

Questions about plot line

What does plot line mean?

plot line means "the plot of a book or play or film".

What is another word for plot line?

Close synonyms include storyline. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plot line a common word?

plot line is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.