hot flash

1. 1.

   sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)

   Synonymsflush

   Broadersymptom

Questions about hot flash

What does hot flash mean?

hot flash means "sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)".

What is another word for hot flash?

Close synonyms include flush. 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 hot flash a common word?

hot flash is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.