sunspot

noun

sun·​spot ˈsən-ˌspät 

: any of the dark spots that appear at times on the sun's surface and are usually visible only through a telescope

Examples of sunspot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This latest round of solar eruptions includes several CMEs from an active sunspot cluster. —Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025

These outbursts send radiation and charged particles hurling into space and can disrupt communications on Earth if the flare erupts from an Earth-facing sunspot. —Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2025

Maunder soon found that even big sunspots did not always coincide with magnetic storms. —Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025

Singing onstage at New York’s Beacon Theatre or puttering around her house in Brittany, Birkin appears shorter and stouter, with thin lips and sunspots. —Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1676, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sunspot

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot

Kids Definition

sunspot

noun

sun·​spot -ˌspät 

: one of the dark spots that appear from time to time on the sun's surface and are usually visible only through a telescope