He was spotted stealing cookies.
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Spotted
/[ˈspɒtɪ̈d]/
Synonyms for "spotted" (89 found)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
148 entriesAfrican spotted creeperAtlantic spotted dolphinEuropean spotted flycatcherGuyana spotted roachIndian spotted creeperMediterranean spotted feverRocky Mountain spotted feverSri Lankan spotted chevrotainTexas spotted whiptailVisayan spotted deerblackspottedbluespottedbrownspottedcommon spotted orchideastern spotted skunkeight-spotted flea beetle
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1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 22 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- βαλιός adj (characterized by spots)
- ῥαντός adj (characterized by spots)
Arabic
4 entries- أَبْرَش adj (characterized by spots)
- أَرْقَط adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- ابرش adj (characterized by spots)
- مُنَقَّط adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изцапан adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- на петна adj (characterized by spots)
- петнист adj (characterized by spots)
Chickasaw
2 entries- waaka adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- waaka adj (characterized by spots)
Finnish
3 entries- pilkullinen adj (characterized by spots)
- tahrainen adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- täplikäs adj (characterized by spots)
German
2 entries- befleckt adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- gesprenkelt adj (characterized by spots)
Hungarian
2 entries- foltos adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- pöttyös adj (characterized by spots)
Ingrian
2 entries- plekikas adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- pläkikäs adj (characterized by spots)
Irish
3 entries- ballach adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- ballach adj (characterized by spots)
- breac adj (characterized by spots)
Italian
4 entries- macchiato adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- macchiato adj (characterized by spots)
- maculato adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- maculato adj (characterized by spots)
Latin
2 entries- maculatus adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- sparsus adj (characterized by spots)
Malayalam
1 entries- പൊട്ടൻ adj (characterized by spots)
Māori
4 entries- ingoingo adj (characterized by spots)
- korotiwhatiwha adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- kōpatapata adj (characterized by spots)
- kōpurepure adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
Old English
1 entries- cylu adj (characterized by spots)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آلا adj (characterized by spots)
- چوپورلو adj (characterized by spots)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- schakjich adj (characterized by spots)
Polish
2 entries- cętkowany adj (characterized by spots)
- pstry adj (characterized by spots)
Russian
2 entries- запя́тнанный adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- пятни́стый adj (characterized by spots)
Sanskrit
2 entries- पृषत् adj (characterized by spots)
- शर्वर adj (characterized by spots)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- ballach adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- ballach adj (characterized by spots)
- breac adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- breac adj (characterized by spots)
Spanish
3 entries- manchado adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- moteado adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
- moteado adj (characterized by spots)
Tày
1 entries- cán adj (discoloured by spots; stained)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The police spotted him at once as the offender.
Source: tatoeba (238144)
A red and spotted white towel, please.
Source: tatoeba (272451)
She spotted him from above as he went through the crowd.
Source: tatoeba (453500)
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