hotspot

Other forms of hotspot

plural

hotspots·

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 hotspot

What does hotspot mean?

hotspot means "a place of political unrest and potential violence". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hotspot?

hotspot has 2 syllables: hot-spot. The stress falls on "hot". In IPA it is /ˈhɑtˌspɑt/.

What is another word for hotspot?

Close synonyms include hot spot, trouble spot, flashpoint, hot spot, hot spot. 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 hotspot a common word?

hotspot 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.

What rhymes with hotspot?

3 words rhyme with hotspot. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.