Unscramble spot

Definition of spot

noun:

• 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: place, topographic point.
• a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising.
• an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie". Synonyms: point.
• a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek". Synonyms: blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge.
• 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: dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle.
• a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the program".
• a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot".
• a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury". Synonyms: berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation.
• a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism". Synonyms: touch.
• 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: bit.
• a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit). Synonyms: pip.
• a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer. Synonyms: spotlight.
• a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot".
• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook". Synonyms: blot, smear, smirch, stain.

verb:

• catch sight of. Synonyms: descry, espy, spy.
• 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, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, tell apart.
• mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished". Synonyms: blemish.
• make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth". Synonyms: blob, blot, fleck.
• become spotted; "This dress spots quickly".
• mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify".

Related words

academicianship, accountantship, admiralty, ambassadorship, apostleship, apprenticeship, associateship, attorneyship, bailiffship, baronetage, bespatter, bespeckle, birthplace, bishopry, blotch, cabaret, cadetship, caliphate, captaincy, captainship, cardinalship, chair, chairmanship, chancellorship, chaplaincy, chaplainship, chieftaincy, chieftainship, clerkship, cloud, club, commandership, commandery, comptrollership, consulship, controllership, councillorship, councilorship, counsellorship, counselorship, crest, crown, curacy, curatorship, custodianship, dapple, deanery, deanship, defile, directorship, discipleship, discriminate, editorship, eight, eldership, emirate, end, episcopate, facula, fatherhood, fingermark, fingerprint, five, foremanship, four, fox, freckle, fret, generalcy, generalship, governorship, grave, headship, heights, high, holy, hotspot, incumbency, inkblot, inspectorship, instructorship, internship, joint, judgeship, judicature, junction, khanate, lectureship, legateship, legation, legislatorship, librarianship, lieutenancy, macula, maculate, macule, magistracy, magistrature, managership, manhood, marshalship, mastership, mayoralty, mecca, messiahship, moderatorship, mottle, nebula, nightclub, nightspot, nine, overlook, overlordship, parhelion, pastorate, pastorship, peak, peasanthood, pinpoint, plaque, plum, pool, praetorship, precentorship, preceptorship, prefecture, prelacy, prelature, premiership, presidency, presidentship, primateship, principalship, priorship, proconsulate, proconsulship, proctorship, professorship, protectorship, puddle, rabbinate, receivership, rectorate, rectorship, regency, rendezvous, residency, resolve, rulership, sainthood, sanctum, scour, secretaryship, seigneury, seigniory, senatorship, seven, showplace, sinecure, six, solicitorship, solitude, spatter, speakership, speck, speckle, splash, splodge, splotch, stain, stewardship, stop, studentship, sully, summit, sundog, sunspot, target, tarnish, teachership, ten, thaneship, throne, tip, tomb, top, treasurership, tribuneship, trusteeship, viceroyship, viziership, wardenship, wardership, womanhood, zone.

Words nearby

pot, scot, shot, slot, snot, soot, sot, spat, spit, sport, spots, spout, swot.

Rhymes with

allot, baht, blot, clot, cot, dot, hot, jot, khat, knot, lat, lot, lotte, montserrat, mott, not, plot, pot, rot, sadat.