Meanings
adjectivespotted (comparative more spotted, superlative most spotted)
comparative more spotted · superlative most spotted
- no comparativesuperlativeCharacterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
a spotted hyena
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of spot
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek βαλιός, ῥαντός
- βαλιός (baliós)characterized by spots
- ῥαντός (rhantós)characterized by spots
Arabic مُنَقَّط, أَرْقَط
- مُنَقَّط (munaqqaṭ)discoloured by spots; stained
- أَرْقَط (ʔarqaṭ)discoloured by spots; stained
- أَبْرَش (ʔabraš)characterized by spots
Bulgarian изцапан, петнист
- изцапан (izcapan)discoloured by spots; stained
- петнист (petnist)characterized by spots
- на петна (na petna)characterized by spots
Finnish tahrainen, täplikäs
- tahrainendiscoloured by spots; stained
- täplikäscharacterized by spots
- pilkullinencharacterized by spots
German befleckt, gesprenkelt
- beflecktdiscoloured by spots; stained
- gesprenkeltcharacterized by spots
Hungarian foltos, pöttyös
- foltosdiscoloured by spots; stained
- pöttyöscharacterized by spots
Irish ballach, breac
- ballachdiscoloured by spots; stained
- breaccharacterized by spots
- ballachcharacterized by spots
Italian macchiato, maculato
- macchiatodiscoloured by spots; stained
- maculatodiscoloured by spots; stained
- macchiatocharacterized by spots
- maculatocharacterized by spots
Latin maculatus, sparsus
- maculatusdiscoloured by spots; stained
- sparsuscharacterized by spots
Māori purepure, kōpurepure
- purepurediscoloured by spots; stained
- kōpurepurediscoloured by spots; stained
- korotiwhatiwhadiscoloured by spots; stained
- ingoingocharacterized by spots
- tāingoingocharacterized by spots
- kōtingotingocharacterized by spots
- tingotingocharacterized by spots
- kōpatapatacharacterized by spots
- kōpurepurecharacterized by spots
Polish pstry, cętkowany
- pstrycharacterized by spots
- cętkowanycharacterized by spots
Russian запя́тнанный, пятни́стый
- запя́тнанный (zapjátnannyj)discoloured by spots; stained
- пятни́стый (pjatnístyj)characterized by spots
Scottish Gaelic ballach, breac
- ballachdiscoloured by spots; stained
- breacdiscoloured by spots; stained
- ballachcharacterized by spots
- breaccharacterized by spots
Spanish moteado, manchado
- moteadodiscoloured by spots; stained
- manchadodiscoloured by spots; stained
- moteadocharacterized by spots
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with spotted
dottedcarotidpottedknottedparotidbesottedunspottedbedottedbeknottedbicarotidintracarotidmisallottedoverplottedpreallottedproglottidshottedsubcarotidtranscarotidundottedunknottedunpotted
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
spotted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spotted
MLA
“spotted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spotted. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spotted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spotted.
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