spot - English Synonyms Dictionary

spot

v.
[1] see , catch sight of , glimpse , discern , identify , pick out , distinguish , single out , detect , sight , recognize , make out , descry
[2] mark , stain , fleck , speckle , spray , splash , spatter , bespatter , sully , soil , dirty , taint , besmirch , smudge
[3] descry , espy , spy
[4] recognize , recognise , distinguish , discern , pick out , make out , tell apart
[5] blemish
[6] fleck , blob , blot
n.
[1] topographic point , mark , patch , place , speck , blot , blotch , blemish , speckle , fleck , particle , mote , macula , smudge , stain , stigma , discoloration , (Brit) splodge/(US) splotch
[2] site , place , locale , location , locality , scene , setting , section , area , neighbourhood , quarter
[3] morsel , point , bit , bite , (Colloq) smidgen/smidgin
[4] smudge , predicament , blot , situation , quandary , daub , mess , smear , smirch , slur
[5] spots , speckle , eruptions , dapple , pimples , patch , acne , fleck , maculation , pustules , blackheads , comedos/comedones , whiteheads , boils , blains , wens , pock-marks , (Old-fashioned) (US/Canadian) hickeys
[6] position , post , berth , office , billet , place , situation
[7] touch
[8] bit
[9] pip
[10] spotlight
[11] blot , smear , smirch , stain