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plural of spot
Synonyms & Antonyms of spots
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
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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
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- binds,
- boxes,
- catch-22's
- (or catch-22s),
- corners,
- dilemmas,
- fixes,
- holes,
- impasses,
- jackpots
- [chiefly West],
- jams,
- mires,
- pickles,
- predicaments,
- quagmires,
- rabbit holes,
- rattraps,
- sticky wickets,
- swamps
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3
a mark of guilt or disgrace
- scandalous conduct that will forever be a spot upon the family name
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4
a very small amount
- had only a spot of stew for dinner, as he wasn't very hungry
Synonyms for spots
- aces,
- bits,
- crumbs,
- dabs,
- drams,
- driblets,
- glimmers,
- hints,
- licks,
- little,
- mites,
- nips,
- ounces,
- particles,
- peanuts,
- rays,
- scintillas,
- scruples,
- shades,
- shadows,
- shreds,
- skoshes,
- smacks,
- smells,
- smidgens
- (also smidgeons or smidgins or smidges),
- snaps,
- soupçons,
- sparks,
- spatters,
- specks,
- splashes,
- sprinklings,
- strains,
- streaks,
- suspicions,
- touches,
- traces
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- abundances,
- barrels,
- boatloads,
- buckets,
- bundles,
- bushels,
- deals,
- fistfuls,
- gobs,
- heaps,
- lashings
- (also lashins)
- [chiefly British],
- loads,
- lots,
- masses,
- messes,
- mountains,
- much,
- oodles,
- passels,
- pecks,
- piles,
- plenties,
- potfuls,
- profusions,
- quantities,
- rafts,
- reams,
- scads,
- stacks,
- wads,
- wealths
5
the area or space occupied by or intended for something
- the cat grabbed my spot on the couch the minute I stood up
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spots
verb
present tense third-person singular of spot
Synonyms & Antonyms of spots (Entry 2 of 2)
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
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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
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- gets a load of
- [slang],
- lays eyes on,
- sets eyes on
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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
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