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Definition & Synonyms
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• Spot
- (a.) on hand for immediate delivery after sale; -- said of commodities; as, spot wheat.
- (a.) Lit., being on the spot, or place;
- (n.) A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.
- (v. i.) To become stained with spots.
- (n.) A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife.
- (n.) A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card.
- (n.) Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
- (n.) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.
- (n.) A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
- (n.) A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
- (n.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.
- (v. t.) To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal.
- (v. t.) To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garnment; to spot paper.
- (v. t.) To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.
Synonyms:
Berth, Bit, Blemish, Blob, Blot, Dapple, Daub, Descry, Espy, Fleck, Maculation, Office, Patch, Pip, Place, Point, Position, Post, Situation, Slur, Smear, Smirch, Smudge, Speckle, Spotlight, Spy, Stain, Touch,
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• Spotty
- (a.) Full of spots; marked with spots.
Synonyms:
Uneven,
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• Spotless
- (a.) Without a spot; especially, free from reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as, a spotless mind; spotless behavior.
Synonyms:
Immaculate, Spick,
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Lightning Bug, Bang, Agility, Rumour, Vivid, Pollute, Typically, Adulation, Bid, Export, Expiation, Required, Lie Down, Calligraphy, Covet, Rumour, Profusing, Subsist, Praise, Pollute, Apostate, Writing, Subsist, Pro Rata, Tableau, Possesses, Bang, Inclusions, Plummet, Racial, Physically, Scampering, |
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A, A1, Aquiline, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Abaca, Aback, Abacus, Abaft, Abalone, Abandon, Abandoned, Abandonment, Abase, Abasement, Abash, Abashed, Abashment, Abate, Abatement, Abater, Abattoir, Abb, Abbacy, Abbess, Abbey, Abbot, Abbreviate, Abbreviation, Abdicate, Abdication, Abdomen, |
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