HOT STUFF Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

hot stuff

noun

Definition of hot stuff

as in something else

something very good of its kind it sounds pretty ordinary now, but their music was hot stuff in its time

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Recent Examples of hot stuff Yeah, who would’ve thought that putting hot stuff up your rectum could be risky. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025 There was a time when atomic clocks looked like pretty hot stuff. — David Szondy, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2025 At the time, Walk Score was hot stuff, building an online product that would quantify walkability by address. — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 But ketamine, as my colleagues Salvador Hernandez and Richard Winton reported earlier this year, has become hot stuff among the rich and famous. — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024 Wednesday warms a bit before the really hot stuff makes a comeback for the Fourth, when shower and storms chance could return as well. — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 30 June 2024

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Noun

Awards recognized visual artists, hip-hop performers, nonprofit organizations, vocalists, business owners, educators, fitness professionals, beauty industry workers and community advocates.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
Less flashy than the other two, the beauty of having a drink here is the craft.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

Definition of beauty

Noun

Her fever dreams were of floating untethered in an infinite black space, of being trapped in a blinding spotlight on an empty stage, not knowing how or where to move.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
After shuttering some five decades later, the land was largely vacant until the former mayor of Seattle, Paul Schell, and his wife, Pam, built their dream hotel from the ground up.

— Katie Nanton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of dream

Noun

This is known as a downburst, or straight-line winds, and the phenomenon can generate winds as strong as a tornado.

— Mark Price July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
After Tiger King became a pop culture phenomenon, there were plenty of stops and starts before finding Goode’s next documentary project.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026

Definition of phenomenon

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