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hotbed

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hotbed

a place or environment that favors the development of something
  • prerevolutionary Boston was viewed as a hotbed of treason by the British
Synonyms of hotbed

breeding ground, hothouse, nest, nidus, nursery, seedbed, seminary
Words Related to hotbed

crucible

base, capital, center, core, cynosure, eye, focus, heart, hub, mecca, nucleus, seat

focus, headquarters

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