<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A plot directed against another plot.</li><li>Literature: A secondary theme in a play or other literary work, used as a contrast to or variation of the main theme.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used without object) To devise a counterplot.</li><li>(Used with object) To plot against (a plot or plotter).</li></ul>