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spotsnounpl. of spot a small area that is different (as in color) from the main partin summer the white coat of the snow leopard is studded with brownish black spots blotches, dapples, dots, eyespots, flecks, mottles, patches, pips, points, speckles, specks, splotches birthmarks, freckles, molesblobs, blots, marks, smears, smudges, smutches, stainsspatters, splashespolka dots a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escapewe're in a bit of a spot right now with our mortgage payments 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 difficulties, nodeshot waters, soupspinches, plights, quandaries, scrapes, troublesdeadlocks, halts, logjams, stalemates, standstillsclutches, crises, crossroads, emergencies, exigencies, junctures, straits kettles of fish a mark of guilt or disgracescandalous conduct that will forever be a spot upon the family name blots, brands, onuses, slurs, smirches, smudges, stains, stigmas(or stigmata), taints black eyes, discredit, disesteems, disgraces, dishonors, disreputes, guilts, ignominies, infamies, obloquies, odiums, opprobriums, reproaches, shamescorruptions, debaucheries, depravities, immoralities, iniquities, sins, vices awards, credits, honorschastities, modesties, puritiesgoods, rightshonesties, integrities, legitimacies, probities, rectitudesfames, glories, renowns, reputes a very small amounthad only a spot of stew for dinner, as he wasn't very hungry 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 hoots, iotas, jots, minima(or minimums), minims, modicums, semblances, syllables, tittles, vestiges, whitsatoms, dots, flecks, flyspecks, grains, granules, molecules, morsels, motes, nubbins, patches, scrapsdashes, drops, pinchesparts, portions, sectionsbites, nibbles, tasteshandfuls(also handsful), scatterings, smatterings, smattersdoses, shotschips, flakes, fragments, shards, shivers, slivers, smithereens, splintersshreds, tattersclippings, parings, shavings drops in the bucket 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, wealthsvolumesbonanzas, embarrassments, excesses, overabundances, overages, overflows, overkills, overmuch, oversupplies, superabundances, superfluities, surfeits, surpluseschunks, hunks, lumps, slabs the area or space occupied by or intended for somethingthe cat grabbed my spot on the couch the minute I stood up emplacements, locales, localities, locations, loci, places, points, positions, sites, venues, wheres scenesprecincts, regions, sections, sectorsheres, theres to mark with small spots especially unevenlyto give the effect of sunlight on water, the artist spotted the lake in his painting with flecks of gold paint blotches, dapples, dots, flecks, freckles, marbles, mottles, peppers, shoots, speckles, specks, splotches, sprinkles, stipples blots, dyes, stainsbands, bars, streaks, stripesintersperses, sets, studsbespatters, spatters to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyesI spotted both of them as they tried to sneak out the back door beholds, catches, descries, discerns, distinguishes, espies, eyes, looks (at), notes, notices, observes, perceives, regards, remarks, sees, sights, spies, views, witnesses identifies, makes out, picks out, picks upattends (to), considers, heeds, marks, mindsstudies, watchesexamines, inspects, scans, scrutinizes, surveysglances (at), glimpses, peers (at) gets a load of(slang), lays eyes on, sets eyes on disregards, ignores, neglects, overpasses, passes overmisses, overlooks to cover by or as if by scattering something over or onthe TV networks had spotted reporters all over the state for the election bestrews, dots, peppers, scatters, sows, sprays, sprinkles, strews blankets, drizzles, dustsstudsdapples, flecks, speckles, stipplesbespatters, spatters |