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| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mark, stain |
| Synonyms: | atom, blemish, blot, blotch, daub, discoloration, dollop, dram, drop, flaw, iota, jot, mite, molecule, mote, nip, particle, pimple, pinch, shot, smidgen, smudge, snort, speck, taint, whit, little bit |
| Antonyms: | plainness |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark, stain |
| Synonyms: | besmirch, blot, blotch, dirty, dot, fleck, marble, pimple, soil, spatter, speck, splash, splotch, stipple, streak, stripe, stud, sully, taint, tarnish, bespatter, dapple, maculate, mottle, pepper, speckle |
| Antonyms: | clean, unspot |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | location |
| Synonyms: | hangout*, hole*, joint*, layout, office, pad, place, plant, point, position, post, roof, scene, seat, section, sector, site, situation, slot, station, X marks the spot, X*, locality, locus, wherever* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | see, recognize |
| Synonyms: | catch, descry, detect, diagnose, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, ferret out, find, identify, locate, make out, observe, pinpoint, place, point out, sight, trace, track, turn up, catch sight of, determinate, meet with, pick out |
| Antonyms: | overlook |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad situation |
| Synonyms: | box*, corner*, difficulty, dilemma, fix, hole*, jam, mess, pickle*, plight, predicament, quandary, scrape, trouble |
| Antonyms: | benefit, boon, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | position in organization |
| Synonyms: | appointment, berth, billet, connection, job, office, place, post, responsibility, situation, station, work |
| Main Entry: | advertise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | publicize for the purpose of selling or causing one to want |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advance, advise, announce, apprise, ballyhoo*, beat the drum for*, bill, blazon, boost*, build up, communicate, declare, disclose, display, divulge, drum*, endorse, exhibit, expose, flaunt, hard sell, herald, hype*, inform, notify, pitch, plug, press agent*, proclaim, promote, promulgate, puff*, push, reveal, show, soft sell, splash*, sponsor, spot, tout, uncover, unmask, circularize, get on soapbox for, make a pitch, make known, put on the map |
| Antonyms: | hide, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | atom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smallest part of something |
| Synonyms: | bit, crumb, dot, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minimum, mite, modicum, molecule, morsel, mote, ounce, particle, scintilla, scrap, shred, smidgen, speck, spot, trace, whit, tittle |
| Notes: | atom comes from Greek atomos 'uncut, indivisible' - based on a- 'not' and temneir 'to cut' and it is the smallest unit of matter that retains the characteristics of an element; a molecule is the smallest unit of matter that retains the characteristics of a compound |
| Main Entry: | behold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard; look at |
| Synonyms: | catch, consider, contemplate, descry, discern, distinguish, earmark, eye, eyeball, feast one's eyes, flash*, lay eyes on, note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, scan, see, spot, spy, survey, view, watch, witness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flaw |
| Synonyms: | birthmark, blister, bloom*, blot, blotch, blur, brand, bruise, bug*, catch, chip, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, discoloration, disgrace, dishonor, eyesore, fault, freckle, imperfection, impurity, lump, mark, mole, patch, pimple, pock, pockmark, scar, second, sight, smudge, snag, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, vice, wart, zit*, beauty spot, blackhead, blot on the landscape, cicatrix, disfigurement, hickey, lentigo, macula, maculation, nevus, nodule, speckle, whitehead |
| Antonyms: | adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaw, disfigure |
| Synonyms: | blot, blotch, blur, damage, deface, distort, harm, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, pervert, prejudice, scar, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, vitiate, wrench |
| Antonyms: | adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
| Main Entry: | blot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mark; flaw |
| Synonyms: | black eye*, blemish, blotch, blur, brand, defect, discoloration, disgrace, fault, odium, onus, patch, slur, smear, smudge, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint |
| Antonyms: | blank, clarity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blotch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smudge |
| Synonyms: | acne, blemish, blot, eruption, mark, patch, splash, spot, stain, stigma, breakout, mottling |
| Antonyms: | blank, clarity, cleanness |
| Main Entry: | dab |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small quantity |
| Synonyms: | bit, blob, dollop, drop, fleck, flick, pat, peck, smidgen, smudge, speck, spot, stroke, tap, touch |
| Antonyms: | glob, mass |
| Main Entry: | daub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coat; make dirty |
| Synonyms: | blur, cover, dab, deface, dirty, fleck, grime, paint, plaster, smear, smirch, smudge, spatter, splatter, spot, spread, stain, sully, varnish, begrime, besmear, bespray, slap on, speckle, variegate |
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blemish, imperfection |
| Synonyms: | birthmark, blot, blotch, break, bug, catch, check, crack, deficiency, deformity, discoloration, drawback, error, failing, fault, flaw, foible, frailty, gap, glitch, gremlin, hole, infirmity, injury, irregularity, kink, knot, lack, mark, mistake, patch, rift, scar, scarcity, scratch, seam, second, shortage, shortcoming, sin, speck, spot, stain, taint, vice, want, weakness, marring, rough spot, unsoundness, weak point |
| Antonyms: | advantage, improvement, perfection, strength |
| Main Entry: | detect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, catch, descry, disclose, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, find, identify, meet, note, notice, observe, recognize, reveal, scent, see, spot, turn up, uncover, unmask, dig up, hit on*, hit upon, meet with, nose out*, smell out, smoke out, stumble on, track down, tumble into, wise up to |
| Antonyms: | miss, overlook, pass by, not see |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diagnose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | identify problem, disease |
| Synonyms: | analyze, determine, distinguish, interpret, investigate, pinpoint, place, pronounce, recognize, spot, determinate, diagnosticate |
| Antonyms: | misdiagnose |
| Main Entry: | dilemma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crisis |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, bind*, box*, corner, difficulty, embarrassment, fix, hole, hooker*, impasse, jam, mess, mire, pickle*, plight, predicament, problem, puzzle, quandary, scrape, spot, strait, double bind, perplexity, tight corner |
| Antonyms: | miracle, solution, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to be soiled |
| Synonyms: | blacken, blotch, blur, botch, coat, contaminate, corrupt, debase, decay, defile, discolor, foul, grime, mess up, mold, muddy, pollute, rot, smear, smirch, smoke, smudge, spatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully, sweat, taint, tarnish, begrime, besoil, draggle, encrust, make dusty, make impure, smutch, tar |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, purify, sterilize |
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