Synonyms for dot
dɒt, dɔtdot

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1. point, dotnoun

   a very small circular shape

   "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"

   Synonyms:
   period, stage, window pane, back breaker, gunpoint, pointedness, decimal point, degree, percentage point, tip, battery-acid, distributor point, full point, full stop, point, pane, peak, power point, head, superman, dose, item, acid, compass point, detail, breaker point, stop, point in time, spot, level, loony toons, dit

2. Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoTnoun

   the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

   Synonyms:
   fare, window pane, back breaker, transport, shipping, transit, deportation, pane, exile, loony toons, battery-acid, superman, dose, acid, transportation system, transfer, transferral, conveyance, point, expatriation, dit

3. dot, ditnoun

   the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

   Synonyms:
   battery-acid, window pane, dit, back breaker, acid, superman, dose, point, pane, loony toons

4. acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zenverb

   street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

   Synonyms:
   back breaker, superman, battery-acid, paneling, window glass, sexually transmitted disease, venereal infection, social disease, venereal disease, pane, panelling, window pane, dosage, dose, acid, pane of glass, point, demigod, loony toons, dit

5. dot, stud, constellateverb

   scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

   "Hills constellated with lights"

   Synonyms:
   flock, constellate, sprinkle, clump, dust, disperse, cluster, stud, scatter

6. scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperseverb

   distribute loosely

   "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

   Synonyms:
   circularise, dissipate, spit, pass around, sprinkle, spread, spread out, diffuse, broadcast, disseminate, constellate, sparge, propagate, scatter, pitter-patter, splosh, circularize, break up, patter, dust, spatter, dispel, circulate, disperse, stud, splash, distribute, besprinkle

7. dotverb

   make a dot or dots

   Synonyms:
   scatter, sprinkle, dust, disperse, stud, constellate

8. dotverb

   mark with a dot

   "dot your `i's"

   Synonyms:
   scatter, sprinkle, dust, disperse, stud, constellate

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1. dotnoun

   Synonyms:
   point, period

2. dotverb

   Synonyms:
   mark with dots

3. dotverb

   Synonyms:
   variegate, diversify

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1. dotnoun

   Synonyms:
   period, point, dowry, speck

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1. List of paraphrases for "dot":

   dowry, mtc, dower, mdt, point, tds, dop, erm, ctd, -dot, tcm, points, dotted

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DOT

   Synonyms:
   Directly observed therapy, see there
   

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1. Peter Wong:

   The residential sector has become very, very cautious and so, obviously, they're making sure that they dot their i's and cross their t's, and before it wasn't like that, i've got property on the market and I've had it on for over three months whereas previously, being a popular area, people would buy fairly quickly.

2. Andy Cohen:

   I had a black dot on my bottom lip and you and Iwere at a party for Anderson’s [Cooper] mom in April, and you said, ‘You have a black dot on your lip, I don’t think that’s something good,' it was melanoma and they removed it, and I just want to thank you because you were so dogmatic.

3. Rachel Joy Barehl Beth:

   She was just this little glowy dot on a screen, [ and ] she kind of looked like a shooting star, so we called her Star. She’s always been Star to us.

4. Stephanie Ricker Schulte:

   After 2000, after the so-called bubble burst, 'dot-com' came to represent American hubris and greed, especially outside the U.S., my favorite example of this is an article published in Germany that described Internet executives washing their car with champagne.

5. Jean Shafiroff:

   [I] went in the bathroom and changed into this big polka dot confection. I think they all thought I was off to a costume party – or something crazy when I left that group.