spot

n

1. mark, dot, point, speck, speckle, fleck, flyspeck, mote, moit, particle; dab, daub, maculation, smudge, smirch, smutch, blur; defect, fault, defacement, disfigurement; patch, blotch, splotch, dapple, mottle, discoloration, birthmark, nevus; blemish, blot, flaw, taint, stain, tarnish, stigma, brand.

2. pimple, pustule, papule, papilla, boil, blain, wen, whelk, Archaic. botch; pock, pockmark, pit, whitehead, blackhead, Sl. zit.

3. place, location, position, niche; site, locality, locale; scene, scene of the crime, setting, Law. venue; bearings, latitude and longitude; region, area, section, quarter, zone, neighborhood.

4. on the spot

without delay, quickly, posthaste, before one can say "Jack Robinson," in a flash; straightway, immediately, at once, instantly, this instant, right now, right away.

v

5. stain, dirty, soil, muddy, sully, dab, daub, blot, smudge, smutch; sprinkle, spray, sparge, splash, spatter, Inf. slop up; bedraggle, begrime, besmear, smear, smirch, besmirch, defile, foul, befoul; mar, injure, damage, blemish, tarnish, blacken, taint, stigmatize, brand.

6. mark, dot, speckle, speck, fleck; dapple, mottle, diversify, variegate, color; strew, bestrew, stud.

7.Informal. detect, descry, espy, observe, spy, see, discern, make out; recognize, identify.

8. place, situate, lay, set down, set, station, position, locate; settle, fix, plant, establish, install; stand, rest, seat.