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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

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

focus, headquarters

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