| spot | (noun) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | Synonyms: blot, smear, smirch, stain |
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| (noun) a business establishment for entertainment | - |
| (noun) a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer | Synonyms: spotlight |
| (noun) a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value | - |
| (noun) a blemish made by dirt | Synonyms: blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge |
| (noun) a small contrasting part of something | Synonyms: dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle |
| (noun) an outstanding characteristic | Synonyms: point |
| (noun) a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance | - |
| (noun) a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising | - |
| (noun) a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) | Synonyms: pip |
| (noun) a point located with respect to surface features of some region | Synonyms: place, topographic point |
| (noun) a small piece or quantity of something | Synonyms: bit |
| (noun) a slight attack of illness | Synonyms: touch |
| (verb) mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition | - |
| (verb) become spotted | - |
| (verb) make a spot or mark onto | Synonyms: blob, blot, fleck |
| (verb) mar or impair with a flaw | Synonyms: blemish |
| (verb) catch sight of | Synonyms: descry, espy, spy |
| (verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, tell apart |
| spotless | (adjective) completely neat and clean | Synonyms: immaculate, speckless, spic-and-span, spic, spick-and-span, spick |
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| spotlessly | (adverb) in a spotless manner | - |
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| spotlessness | (noun) the state of being spotlessly clean | Synonyms: immaculateness |
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| spotlight | (noun) a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer | Synonyms: spot |
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| (noun) a focus of public attention | Synonyms: glare, limelight, public eye |
| (verb) illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater | - |
| (verb) move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent | Synonyms: foreground, highlight, play up |
| spots | (noun) spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens | Synonyms: floater, musca volitans, muscae volitantes |
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| spotted | (adjective) having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture) | Synonyms: patched, spotty |
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| spottedness | (noun) the quality or state of being marked with spots. | - |
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| spotter | (noun) someone who is the first to observe something | Synonyms: discoverer, finder |
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| (noun) a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers) | - |
| (noun) a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots | - |
| (noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, watch |
| spotting | (noun) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | Synonyms: catching, detection, espial, spying |
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| (noun) the act of spotting or staining something | Synonyms: maculation, staining |
| spotty | (adjective) lacking consistency | Synonyms: scratchy, uneven |
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| (adjective) having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture) | Synonyms: patched, spotted |
| spotweld | (verb) make circular welds | Synonyms: spot-weld |
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