trouble spot

What does trouble spot mean?

trouble spot means "a place where trouble exists or occurs regularly". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for trouble spot?

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

trouble spot 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for trouble spot come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.