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Synonyms & Antonyms of spot
(Entry 1 of 3)
- in summer the white coat of the snow leopard is studded with brownish black spots
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- we're in a bit of a spot right now with our mortgage payments
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- scandalous conduct that will forever be a spot upon the family name
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- had only a spot of stew for dinner, as he wasn't very hungry
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- 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 or smidgin or smidge),
- snap,
- soupçon,
- spark,
- spatter,
- speck,
- splash,
- sprinkling,
- strain,
- streak,
- suspicion,
- tad,
- touch,
- trace
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- 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
spot
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of spot (Entry 2 of 3)
- to give the effect of sunlight on water, the artist spotted the lake in his painting with flecks of gold paint
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- I spotted both of them as they tried to sneak out the back door
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- get a load of
- [slang],
- lay eyes on,
- set eyes on
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- the TV networks had spotted reporters all over the state for the election
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spot
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of spot (Entry 3 of 3)
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for spot
- accidental,
- casual,
- chance,
- chancy,
- contingent,
- fluky
- (also flukey),
- fortuitous,
- inadvertent,
- incidental,
- lucky,
- unconsidered,
- unintended,
- unintentional,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for spot
- methodical
- (also methodic),
- nonrandom,
- orderly,
- organized,
- regular,
- systematic,
- systematized
- aware,
- conscious,
- deliberate,
- purposeful,
- thoughtful,
- willful
- (or wilful)
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“Spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spot. Accessed 24 May. 2022.
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The first known use of spot was before the 12th century
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