HOTSHOT Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

hotshot

noun

ˈhät-ˌshät

Definition of hotshot

as in expert

a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field while still in his 20s, he was known on Wall Street as an investment hotshot

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Recent Examples of hotshot Gao and his three cofounders aren’t your conventional AI hotshots with credentials from leading AI labs or Stanford University. — Ben Weiss, Fortune, 1 June 2026 The Waves’ young hotshot, Dyson Gibbs (Uche Agada), steps on the toes of the team’s longtime star, Marcus Winfield (Toby Sandeman). — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026 The original film, which followed Cruise as the hotshot fighter pilot, was released in 1986. — Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026 Fire crews from Gardner, Rye and Spanish Peaks fire departments and a hotshot crew all responded to the fire, officials said. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hotshot

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Noun

Several outside experts agreed with him, calling the methods state-of-the-art.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Legal experts have echoed those concerns, noting that relying on the NVRA’s general preamble language to halt state election certification lacks precedent.

— Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of expert

Noun

No one gets out of this world without becoming a master of the art of losing, to invoke the poet Elizabeth Bishop.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Supporting this remarkable local treasure offers a rare chance to experience authentic culinary artistry from a true master.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of master

Noun

During that period and beyond, Hawthorne kept a series of notebooks, which scholars see as an important primary source for understanding the ideas and descriptions that informed his early writings and later novels.

— Robert S. Levine, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
For decades, hundreds of thousands of its objects were available only to scholars and curators.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of scholar

Noun

Still, the question of what Ebel was doing with his adepts swept through Prussia, dominating the newspapers that had only recently begun to emerge from their eighteenth-century chronicling of obligations to a more modern publicizing role.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Lest things get predictable, Tasjan’s adept at letting the music battle with the lyrics in a way that hints at how any experience is far more complex than we are led to believe.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026

Definition of adept

Noun

Composer and piano virtuoso Clara Schumann, whose influence on 19th-century classical music is impossible to quantify.

— Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
John Mayer is launching his own record label, Sob Rock Records, the singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso confirmed Thursday, partnering with Universal Music Group’s Mercury Records for the new venture.

— Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of virtuoso

Noun

The holiday campaign, created by advertising guru David Lipman, showcases natural diamond jewelry and fine jewelry, and is centered around model Jasmine Tookes and her husband, Juan David Borrero.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
After receiving rave reviews for his chilling portrayal of OpenAI guru Sam Altman, Andrew Garfield is headed towards a busy awards season and that now includes a prestigious new honor.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026

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