dot

1. 1.

   scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

   “Hills constellated with lights”

   Synonymsstudconstellate

   Broadercover
2. 2.

   distribute loosely

   “He scattered gun powder under the wagon”

   Synonymsscattersprinkledustdisperse

   Broaderdischarge

   Narrowersprayspattersprinklebespangleaerosolize
3. 3.

   make a dot or dots

   Broaderwrite
4. 4.

   mark with a dot

   “dot your `i's”

   Broadermark

Other forms of dot

plural

dots·

past tense or participle

dotted

present participle

dotting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dot

What does dot mean?

dot means "a very small circular shape". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dot?

dot has 1 syllable: dot. In IPA it is /ˈdɑt/.

What is another word for dot?

Close synonyms include point, Department of Transportation, Transportation, dit, acid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dot a common word?

dot is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dot?

1 word rhymes with dot. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.