hotlist

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noun

A list of items of special interest (such as highest priority, likelihood, risk, or otherwise).

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

nounhotlist (plural hotlists)

plural hotlists · alternative hot-list

  1. idiomaticA list of items of special interest (such as highest priority, likelihood, risk, or otherwise).

    There were 22 schools on the hotlist to close, consolidate or be turned around.

    2009 February 24, “Six CPS schools to stay open”, in ABC7Chicago.com
    1 more example

    The federal government is proposing to add a number of substances to a hotlist that will prevent them from being used in cosmetics.

    2009 March 7, “Health, environment departments take action on four substances”, in The Canadian Press TORONTO

    Synonyms: hit list, hot sheet, short list

  2. idiomaticA list of banned items.

    The Hotlist is used to keep the cosmetic industry aware of substances that are restricted or prohibited in cosmetics

    2004 June 18, “Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist”, in Health Canada

    Synonyms: blacklist

verbhotlist (third-person singular simple present hotlists, present participle hotlisting, simple past and past participle hotlisted)

present singular third person hotlists · participle present hotlisting · participle past hotlisted · past hotlisted · alternative hot-list

  1. transitiveTo add something to such a list, or to be added to such a list.
  2. transitiveTo blacklist.

    one must also check that the certificate is not hot-listed by Its issuer

    1993 August 1, Stephen T. Kent, “Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail”, in Commun. ACM, volume 36, number 8, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 48–60
    1 more example

    In case of loss/theft of card, the cardholder should immediately block/hotlist the card to avoid any misuse for safety reasons

    2024 May 30, Sneha Kulkarni, “How to block a debit card: 4 ways to block, hotlist PNB debit card”, in The Economic Times, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA list of items of special interest (such as highest priority, likelihood, risk, or otherwise).

nounA list of banned items.

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“hotlist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotlist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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