noun
A dot
A place
Small amount
Quickly
*In trouble
modified
See spot in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
A very small mark:
dash, dot, fleck, pinpoint, point, speck. See marksA mark of discredit or disgrace:
black eye, blemish, blot, onus, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish. (Archaic) attaint. Idiom: a blot on one's escutcheon. See marks, respectA particular portion of space chosen for something:
location, locus, place, point. See placeA post of employment:
appointment, berth, billet, job, office, place, position, situation, slot. (Slang) gig. See placeA difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition:
box1, corner, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, Dutch, fix, hole, hot spot, hot water, jam, plight1, predicament, quagmire, scrape, soup, trouble. (Informal) bind, pickle. See easyA tiny amount:
bit1, crumb, dab1, dash, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap1, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, trifle, whit. See bigTo mark or soil with spots:
bespatter, blotch, spatter, splatter, splotch. See marksTo put in or assign to a certain position or location:
emplace, install, locate, place, position, set1, site, situate. See placeTo perceive, especially barely or fleetingly:
catch, descry, detect, discern, espy, glimpse, spy. See seeTo perceive and fix the identity of, especially with difficulty:
descry, discern, distinguish, make out, pick out. See seeTo look for and discover:
find, locate, pinpoint. See getHaving no particular pattern, purpose, organization, or structure:
chance, desultory, haphazard, hit-or-miss, indiscriminate, random, unplanned. See plannedLearn more about spot