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jackpot

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of jackpot

1 chiefly West a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape

  • a wily dude who managed to get himself out of one jackpot after another
Synonyms of jackpot

bind, box, catch-22, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jam, mire, pickle, predicament, quagmire, rabbit hole, rattrap, spot, sticky wicket, swamp
Words Related to jackpot

difficulty, node

hot water, soup

pinch, plight, quandary, scrape, trouble

deadlock, halt, logjam, stalemate, standstill

clutch, crisis, crossroad, emergency, exigency, juncture, strait
Phrases Synonymous with jackpot

kettle of fish

2 the total of the bets at stake at one time

  • once the jackpot hit $100 million, everybody and his cousin was buying lottery tickets
Synonyms of jackpot

jack, pool, pot
Words Related to jackpot

fund, kitty

bet, stake, wager

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