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The synonyms of “Spots” are: floater, musca volitans, muscae volitantes
Spots as a Noun
Definitions of "Spots" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “spots” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- A small contrasting part of something.
- A job in an organization.
- A playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value.
- A mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit.
- An act that brings discredit to the person who does it.
- A blemish made by dirt.
- A business establishment for entertainment.
- A short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising.
- A small piece or quantity of something.
- A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
- A lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer.
- Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens.
- A section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance.
- A slight attack of illness.
- An outstanding characteristic.
Synonyms of "Spots" as a noun (3 Words)
floater | A voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election. Floaters seem to drift through the field of vision. |
musca volitans | Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens. |
muscae volitantes | Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens. |
Associations of "Spots" (30 Words)
acne | An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones. He was clean shaven with a face that had been ravaged by acne when younger. |
blemish | Add a flaw or blemish to make imperfect or defective. A facial blemish. |
blob | An indistinct shapeless form. Her nose was blobbed with paint. |
blot | Dry ink with blotting paper. Wind power turbines are a blot on the landscape. |
dappled | Marked with spots or rounded patches. The horse s dappled flank. |
daub | Material used to daub walls. The walls were daubed with splashes of paint. |
deface | Mar or spoil the appearance of. Scars defaced her cheeks. |
dirt | Excrement. A dirt road. |
disfigure | Spoil the appearance of. Litter disfigures the countryside. |
dot | Place a dot over a letter. OUP dot com. |
fleck | A small contrasting part of something. The minarets are flecked with gold leaf. |
motley | Make motley color with different colors. A jester dressed in motley. |
mottled | Marked with spots or smears of colour. A bird with mottled brown plumage. |
patterned | Decorated with a repeated design; having a pattern or patterns. She wore leather trousers and a patterned shirt. |
piebald | A piebald horse. A piebald horse. |
pied | Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly. The pied flycatcher. |
pimple | A small hard inflamed spot on the skin. I can see the hut down there just a tiny pimple. |
smear | Cover a surface by smearing a substance over it. Soon you re eyeballing the top just one smear away. |
smirch | A dirty mark or stain. I am not accustomed to having my honour smirched. |
smudge | Make a smudge on soil by smudging. The low smudge of hills on the horizon. |
speck | Produce specks in or on. The plane was just a speck in the sky. |
speckle | A small contrasting part of something. Speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots. |
splotch | Mark with a blot or smear of something. A splotch of red in a larger area of yellow. |
spotted | Marked or decorated with spots. A black and white spotted cow. |
stain | Produce or leave stains. The wine left a dark stain. |
stained | (of a material or object) coloured by application of a penetrative dye or chemical. A stained beer mat. |
striped | Marked or decorated with stripes. A green striped coat. |
variegate | Make something more diverse and varied. The musicians variegate the pitch. |
variegated | (of a plant or foliage) having or consisting of leaves that are edged or patterned in a second colour, especially white as well as green. Variegated yellow bricks. |
wart | An imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart especially in smallness or unattractiveness. Few products are without their warts. |