Synonyms for spot
spɒtspot

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1. spot

   Whatever mars the beauty or completeness of an object is a blemish, whether original, as squinting eyes, or the result of accident or disease, etc., as the pits of smallpox. A blemish is superficial; a flaw or taint is in structure or substance. In the moral sense, we speak of a blot or stain upon reputation; a flaw or taint in character. A defect is the want or lack of something; fault, primarily a failing, is something that fails of an apparent intent or disappoints a natural expectation; thus a sudden dislocation or displacement of geological strata is called a fault. Figuratively, a blemish comes from one's own ill-doing; a brand or stigma is inflicted by others; as, the brand of infamy.

   Synonyms:
   blemish, blot, blur, brand, crack, daub, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, fault, flaw, imperfection, injury, reproach, smirch, soil, speck, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish

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1. spotnoun

   Synonyms:
   stain, blot, blemish, locality, site, place

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. topographic point, place, spotnoun

   a point located with respect to surface features of some region

   "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"

   Synonyms:
   touch, billet, berth, seat, lieu, place, plaza, station, dapple, post, property, space, spotlight, topographic point, point, shoes, position, smear, bit, fleck, blank space, slur, maculation, daub, speckle, smudge, home, stead, smirch, situation, piazza, office, stain, pip, patch, blot

2. spotnoun

   a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising

   Synonyms:
   smudge, bit, speckle, patch, dapple, office, fleck, pip, touch, place, smear, daub, maculation, slur, stain, position, smirch, billet, blot, spotlight, post, point, situation, berth, topographic point

3. point, spotnoun

   an outstanding characteristic

   "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"

   Synonyms:
   touch, slur, berth, blot, place, stain, billet, dot, breaker point, stop, head, full stop, dapple, gunpoint, post, peak, spotlight, topographic point, point, bit, position, point in time, smear, percentage point, period, full point, fleck, situation, level, stage, degree, pointedness, daub, speckle, smudge, power point, detail, decimal point, distributor point, smirch, item, office, compass point, maculation, pip, tip, patch

4. smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slurnoun

   a blemish made by dirt

   "he had a smudge on his cheek"

   Synonyms:
   smudge, bit, patch, dapple, office, speckle, pip, touch, cytosmear, place, smear, aspersion, daub, fleck, cytologic smear, maculation, slur, post, stain, malignment, position, smirch, vilification, billet, blot, spotlight, point, situation, berth, topographic point

5. spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculationnoun

   a small contrasting part of something

   "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"

   Synonyms:
   darn, touch, billet, berth, blot, place, piece, eyepatch, bandage, chip, dapple, flake, post, spotlight, topographic point, point, bit, position, smear, plot of land, temporary hookup, fleck, spotting, staining, slur, maculation, spell, daub, speckle, smudge, scrap, while, smirch, situation, office, stain, plot, pip, plot of ground, mend, patch

6. spotnoun

   a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance

   "they changed his spot on the program"

   Synonyms:
   smudge, bit, speckle, patch, dapple, office, fleck, pip, touch, place, smear, daub, maculation, slur, stain, position, smirch, billet, blot, spotlight, post, point, situation, berth, topographic point

7. spotnoun

   a business establishment for entertainment

   "night spot"

   Synonyms:
   smudge, bit, speckle, patch, dapple, office, fleck, pip, touch, place, smear, daub, maculation, slur, stain, position, smirch, billet, blot, spotlight, post, point, situation, berth, topographic point

8. position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situationnoun

   a job in an organization

   "he occupied a post in the treasury"

   Synonyms:
   stance, state of affairs, touch, billet, short letter, berth, seat, lieu, place, perspective, locating, mail, bureau, authority, role, home, station, function, view, post, plaza, property, piazza, mooring, spotlight, topographic point, point, mail service, part, note, position, spatial relation, bunk, power, dapple, speckle, status, positioning, government agency, fleck, agency, blank space, posture, smear, moorage, site, slip, business office, slur, military position, maculation, attitude, daub, placement, bit, smudge, line, emplacement, space, stead, postal service, smirch, office staff, situation, side, location, office, stain, federal agency, pip, stake, built in bed, military post, shoes, patch, blot

9. touch, spotnoun

   a slight attack of illness

   "he has a touch of rheumatism"

   Synonyms:
   hint, touch, slur, signature, berth, mite, blot, ghost, place, jot, sense of touch, billet, cutaneous senses, dapple, touch modality, post, tactile sensation, tinge, spotlight, soupcon, topographic point, point, speck, position, smear, bit, touching, fleck, tactual sensation, skin senses, speckle, maculation, daub, touch sensation, smudge, pinch, feeling, contact, smirch, situation, office, trace, stain, pip, patch

10. spot, bitnoun

    a small piece or quantity of something

    "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind"

    Synonyms:
    touch, billet, berth, blot, act, place, piece, chip, routine, dapple, flake, snatch, post, second, topographic point, point, bit, position, smear, turn, mo, minute, fleck, smirch, slur, maculation, number, daub, speckle, smudge, morsel, scrap, moment, spotlight, situation, office, bite, stain, pip, patch

11. spot, pipnoun

    a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)

    Synonyms:
    smudge, bit, speckle, patch, dapple, office, fleck, pip, touch, place, smear, daub, blip, maculation, slur, stain, radar target, position, smirch, billet, blot, spotlight, post, point, situation, berth, topographic point

12. spotlight, spotnoun

    a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer

    Synonyms:
    smudge, bit, patch, dapple, office, speckle, pip, touch, place, limelight, daub, fleck, smear, maculation, public eye, slur, post, stain, position, smirch, glare, billet, blot, spotlight, point, situation, berth, topographic point

13. spotnoun

    a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value

    "an eight-spot"

    Synonyms:
    smudge, bit, speckle, patch, dapple, office, fleck, pip, touch, place, smear, daub, maculation, slur, stain, position, smirch, billet, blot, spotlight, post, point, situation, berth, topographic point

14. blot, smear, smirch, spot, stainverb

    an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

    "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

    Synonyms:
    vilification, billet, berth, blot, place, mark, grunge, touch, dapple, discolouration, post, grease, spotlight, topographic point, point, bit, brand, position, smear, cytosmear, grime, stigma, fleck, slur, dirt, maculation, daub, speckle, malignment, smudge, filth, discoloration, smirch, situation, office, stain, soil, pip, cytologic smear, patch

15. descry, spot, espy, spyverb

    catch sight of

    Synonyms:
    blob, blemish, snoop, recognize, stag, sight, descry, fleck, espy, pick out, sleuth, recognise, spy, distinguish, tell apart, make out, blot, discern

16. spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apartverb

    detect with the senses

    "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

    Synonyms:
    discern, bang, have it away, screw, acknowledge, recognise, deal, grapple, get along, choose, distinguish, greet, make love, discover, do, jazz, key, love, roll in the hay, separate, cut, neck, be intimate, signalize, accredit, name, pick out, eff, bonk, make do, bed, do it, mark, have intercourse, realize, make out, manage, have sex, tell apart, select, secern, take, fill out, fill in, have a go at it, key out, tell, agnise, describe, secernate, sleep with, agnize, blemish, identify, contend, issue, fleck, hump, get laid, severalize, descry, have it off, sleep together, get by, signalise, write out, spy, cope, recognize, severalise, know, come, get it on, differentiate, complete, blot, fare, lie with, espy, realise, blob

17. blemish, spotverb

    mar or impair with a flaw

    "her face was blemished"

    Synonyms:
    tell apart, blemish, blob, recognize, recognise, flaw, descry, fleck, espy, pick out, deface, spy, disfigure, distinguish, blot, make out, discern

18. spot, fleck, blob, blotverb

    make a spot or mark onto

    "The wine spotted the tablecloth"

    Synonyms:
    blemish, recognise, blot, tell apart, fleck, distinguish, descry, espy, spy, blob, pick out, recognize, discern, make out

19. spotverb

    become spotted

    "This dress spots quickly"

    Synonyms:
    blemish, recognise, blot, tell apart, fleck, distinguish, descry, espy, spy, blob, pick out, recognize, discern, make out

20. spotverb

    mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition

    "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"

    Synonyms:
    blemish, recognise, blot, tell apart, fleck, distinguish, descry, espy, spy, blob, pick out, recognize, discern, make out

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Business Establishment
   • Change
   • Change Surface
   • Characteristic
   • Dirty
   • Lamp
   • Mark
   • Marker
   • Occupation
   • Playing Card
   • Point
   • Section
   • Small Indefinite Amount

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spotnoun

   Synonyms:
   speck, blot

2. spotnoun

   Synonyms:
   blemish, stain, taint, flaw

3. spotnoun

   Synonyms:
   place, locality

4. spotverb

   Synonyms:
   make spots on, dapple, variegate

5. spotverb

   Synonyms:
   stain, sully, soil, tarnish, blemish

6. spotverb

   Synonyms:
   [Cant term,] mark, take special note of

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1. spotnoun

   Synonyms:
   speck, speckle, mark, blot, discoloration, fleck, dapple, blotch, smutch, stain, reproach, blemish, flaw, place, locality, areola, areolet, areolation, ocellus

2. spotverb

   Synonyms:
   dapple, variegate, mottle, speckle, blot, sully, stain, maculate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "spot":

   stain, place, location, situ, tache, mancha, cash, loco, corner, detect, ground, slick, blot, blemish, smudge, blitz, point

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1. List of known nicknames for "Spot":

   Glen Lockett, Glen "Spot" Lockett, SPOT

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spot

   Synonyms:
   Immediate diagnosis, spot diagnosis

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How to use spot in a sentence?

1. David Kade:

   It is a slap in the face because it's things we've been saying all along that needed to be fixed, they want to beat us down because we interrupted education to protest ... but our protests got [inspectors and officials] here to fix these things because we put [them] on the spot.

2. Gavin Parry:

   We've seen an opening leg down on sentiment from Wall Street's bad day, but the good thing is the Nikkei looks quite sturdy, holding its spot around 19,500 points, i can't see the Nikkei being sold off when the yen's still holding the 123 handle.

3. Kate Garbers:

   People can book hotel rooms online and remain faceless, which makes it problematic to spot cases of trafficking.

4. Ben Affleck:

   Years ago, I used to play fast and a little loose more on Twitter. These days, I'm a little bit more reserved, i said,' Well the difference is easy to spot. Ryan Gosling has blond hair and Ryan Reynolds is a [ expletive ].

5. Iliyasu Magaji:

   He wanted to cut off the hand, you can see, the spot still hurts. I can't lift this hand high up.