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Need another word that means the same as “spots”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “spots” in this overview.

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Spots as a Noun
Definitions of "Spots" as a noun
Synonyms of "Spots" as a noun (3 Words)
Associations of "Spots" (30 Words)

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.