n. 1 mark, patch, speck, blot, blotch, blemish, speckle, fleck, particle, mote, macula, smudge, stain, stigma, discoloration, Brit splodge or US also splotch There's a spot of ink on your shirt 2 site, place, locale, location, locality, scene, setting, section, area, neighbourhood, quarter The Coopers picked out a lovely spot to build their new house 3 morsel, bit, bite, Colloq smidgen or smidgin Let's stop in here for a spot of tea 4 predicament, situation, quandary, mess John said he was in a bit of a spot, and needed to borrow $20 until the end of the week 5 spots. eruptions, pimples, acne, pustules, blackheads, comedos or comedones, whiteheads; boils, blains, wens; pock-marks; Old-fashioned US and Canadian hickeys Teenagers often get spots
v. 6 see, catch sight of, glimpse, discern, identify, pick out, distinguish, single out, detect, sight, recognize, make out, descry I think I spotted Molly in the crowd 7 mark, stain, fleck, speckle, spray, splash, spatter, bespatter, sully, soil, dirty, taint, besmirch, smudge The car's shiny new paintwork was spotted with mud