spots

1. 1.

   spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens

   “floaters seem to drift through the field of vision”

   Synonymsmusca volitansmuscae volitantesfloater

   Broadersymptom

Other forms of spots

plural

spotses·

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 spots

What does spots mean?

spots means "spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens".

How many syllables are in spots?

spots has 1 syllable: spots. In IPA it is /ˈspɑts/.

What is another word for spots?

Close synonyms include musca volitans, muscae volitantes, floater. 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 spots a common word?

spots 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.