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spot

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of spot

1 a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part

in summer the white coat of the snow leopard is studded with brownish black spots

Synonyms of spot

blotch, dapple, dot, eyespot, fleck, mottle, patch, pip, point, speck, speckle, splotch

Words Related to spot

birthmark, freckle, mole

blob, blot, mark, smear, smudge, smutch, stain

spatter, splash

polka dot

2 a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape

we're in a bit of a spot right now with our mortgage payments

Synonyms of spot

bind, box, catch-22, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jackpot [chiefly West], jam, mire, pickle, predicament, quagmire, rabbit hole, rattrap, sticky wicket, swamp

Words Related to spot

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 spot

kettle of fish

3 a mark of guilt or disgrace

scandalous conduct that will forever be a spot upon the family name

Synonyms of spot

blot, brand, onus, slur, smirch, smudge, stain, stigma, taint

Words Related to spot

black eye, discredit, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, guilt, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, shame

corruption, debauchery, depravity, immorality, iniquity, licentiousness, sin, unscrupulousness, vice

Near Antonyms of spot

award, credit, honor

chasteness, chastity, modesty, purity, stainlessness

good, right

honesty, integrity, legitimacy, probity, rectitude, scrupulousness, uprightness

goodness, righteousness, virtuousness

fame, glory, renown, repute

4 a very small amount

had only a spot of stew for dinner, as he wasn't very hungry

Synonyms of spot

ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smack, smell, smidgen (also smidgeon), snap, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, splash, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace

Words Related to spot

hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit

atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap

dash, drop, pinch

part, portion, section

bite, nibble, taste

handful, scattering, smatter, smattering

dose, shot

chip, flake, fragment, shard, shiver, sliver, smithereens, splinter

shred, tatter

clipping, paring, shaving

Phrases Synonymous with spot

drop in the bucket

Near Antonyms of spot

abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, lashings (also lashins) [chiefly British], loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth

volume

bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

chunk, hunk, lump, slab

5 the area or space occupied by or intended for something

the cat grabbed my spot on the couch the minute I stood up

Synonyms of spot

emplacement, locale, locality, location, locus, place, point, position, site, venue, where

Words Related to spot

scene

precinct, region, section, sector

here, there

spot

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of spot

1 to mark with small spots especially unevenly

to give the effect of sunlight on water, the artist spotted the lake in his painting with flecks of gold paint

Synonyms of spot

blotch, dapple, dot, fleck, freckle, marble, mottle, pepper, shoot, speck, speckle, splotch, sprinkle, stipple

Words Related to spot

blot, dye, stain

band, bar, streak, stripe

intersperse, set, stud

bespatter, spatter

2 to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes

I spotted both of them as they tried to sneak out the back door

Synonyms of spot

behold, catch, descry, discern, distinguish, espy, eye, look (at), note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, remark, see, sight, spy, view, witness

Words Related to spot

identify, make out, pick out, pick up

attend (to), consider, heed, mark, mind

study, watch

examine, inspect, scan, scrutinize, survey

glance (at), glimpse, peer (at)

Phrases Synonymous with spot

get a load of [slang], lay eyes on, set eyes on

Near Antonyms of spot

disregard, ignore, neglect, overpass, pass over

miss, overlook

3 to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on

the TV networks had spotted reporters all over the state for the election

Synonyms of spot

bestrew, dot, pepper, scatter, sow, spray, sprinkle, strew

Words Related to spot

blanket, drizzle, dust

stud

dapple, fleck, speckle, stipple

bespatter, spatter

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