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Synonyms for spot

82 synonyms
4 antonyms
6 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

moment position hole spotlight stall

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Speckle — A small, unspecified amount or quantity

speckle, fleck, touch, bit, drop, patch, speck, moment, mote, dapple, dab, glimpse, dot, pinch, ace, morsel, dash, trace, discoloration, discolouration UK, crumb, sprinkle, grain

2. Position — A difficult situation

position, situation, hole, site, tight spot, fix, station, sticky wicket, state, jam, locality, predicament, dilemma, pickle, plight, quandary

Other

place, point, make-out, spotlight, pip, pimple, stall, pipe

Verb

1. Stain — to stain; to leave a spot (on)

stain, blot, mark, soil, smudge, smooch, smouch US, smear, slur, blotch, splotch, sully, tarnish, dirty, blacken, blur dated, smirch dated

2. Pick out — to see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify

pick out, find, see, pick up on, discover, discern, recognize UK US, recognise UK, distinguish, tell apart

3. Blemish — to stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation

blemish, disgrace, reproach, blaze

4. Catch sight of

catch sight of, sight, descry formal

Other

spy, blob, espy, variegate rare

Antonyms

respect, oodles, promote

All antonyms of spot →

Definitions

n. 1
A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
Do come 'round on Sunday for a spot of tea, won't you?
n. 2
A difficult situation.
She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date.
v. 1
To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
Try to spot the differences between these two pictures.
v. 2
To stain; to leave a spot (on).
a garment spotted with mould

Related words

Phrases: tight spot on the spot hot spot spot-on soft spot blind spot trouble spot beauty spot
Is a kind of: detect pay attention see

Forms

Plural: spots → speckles, flecks, touches, bits…
Past participle: spotted
e.g. spotted → stained, blotted, marked, soiled…

Example sentences

moment Could you keep an eye on my suitcase for a moment?
position Were I in your position, I would oppose that plan.
hole Just once, I'd like to get a hole-in-one some day.
spotlight They prefer the shadows rather than the spotlight.
stall Lorenzo headed to the stall directly next to mine.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
spot		rising
moment		rising
position		falling
hole		steady
spotlight		rising
stall		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: see¹, bit¹, fix¹, jam¹, spy¹, ace¹, dot¹, pip¹, dab¹
4 letters: find¹, site¹, drop¹, mark¹, hole¹, soil¹, pipe¹, dash¹, blur¹, slur¹, blob¹, blot¹, mote¹, espy²
5 letters: state¹, place¹, point¹, touch¹, dirty², sight¹, patch¹, trace¹, grain¹, pinch¹, stall¹, stain¹, blaze¹, smear¹
6 letters: moment², plight¹, pickle², pimple², smudge¹, morsel², smooch¹, blotch¹, dapple, descry², smirch, smouch
7 letters: station², glimpse¹, dilemma³, discern², tarnish², blemish², speckle², blacken², splotch
8 letters: position³, discover³, locality⁴, disgrace², sprinkle², reproach², quandary³
9 letters: situation⁴, recognize³, spotlight², recognise³, variegate³
11 letters: distinguish³, predicament⁴
13 letters: discoloration⁵
14 letters: discolouration

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (espy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: tache
Italiano: macchia
Español: mancha
Deutsch: Fleck
Català: taca