Synonyms for blot

verb

  1. To stain

    smudge, blotch, spatter, sully; see dirty, disgrace.

  2. To absorb

    soak up, dry, sponge; see absorb 1.

See blot in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun
  1. A discolored mark made by smearing:

    blotch, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, splotch, stain. See marks
  2. A mark of discredit or disgrace:

    black eye, blemish, onus, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish. (Archaic) attaint. Idiom: a blot on one's escutcheon. See marks, respect
verb

To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean.

Also used with out: annul, cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out). (Law) vacate. See continue
phrasal verb
blot out

To destroy all traces of:

abolish, annihilate, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill1, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root1 (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See help, make

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