Synonyms for on spot
| Grammar : Adj, adv, noun |
| Spell : spot |
| Phonetic Transcription : spÉ’t |
Top 10 synonyms for on spot Other synonyms for the word on spot
- accessible
- accident
- anon
- apparent
- assailable
- at hand
- at one's beck and call
- at one's disposal
- at one's fingertip
- at short notice
- attackable
- attendant
- attending
- available
- away
- bared
- brought to light
- caught
- chance
- chancy
- clear
- dangerous
- debunked
- denuded
- divulged
- double-time
- double-trouble
- dug up
- endangered
- endangerment
- evident
- exhibited
- expeditiously
- exposure
- for show
- forthwith
- found out
- fraught with danger
- going for broke
- hairy
- hands tied
- handy
- hanging by a thread
- hazard
- hazardous
- helpless
- hereabouts
- hereupon
- hither
- hitherto
- iffy
- immediately
- in a flash
- in a jiffy
- in a New York minute
- in a pickle
- in a tight spot
- in Dutch
- in hot water
- in line of fire
- in nothing flat
- in this direction
- indefensible
- insecure
- insecurity
- instantaneously
- instanter
- instantly
- jeopardous
- laid bare
- liability
- liable
- like a clay pigeon
- like a sitting duck
- like now
- long shot
- made manifest
- manifest
- naked
- night call
- not a prayer
- now
- now or never
- off the deep end
- on alert
- on board
- on deck
- on display
- on hand
- on slippery ground
- on the dot
- on the double
- on the hot seat
- on the line
- on the spot
- on thin ice
- on this spot
- on view
- on-call
- on-the-spot
- open
- out on a limb
- out on limb
- PDQ
- peeled
- peremptorily
- peril
- perilous
- pigeon
- playing with fire
- poor
- precarious
- precariousness
- pregnable
- prepared
- present
- promptly
- pronto
- rapidly
- readily
- ready
- resolved
- revealed
- right now
- risk
- risky
- rocky
- sensitive
- shaky
- shortly
- shown
- sitting duck
- solved
- soon
- soon afterward
- speculative
- speedily
- standing by
- straight away
- straight off
- stripped
- sucker
- summarily
- susceptible
- swiftly
- tender
- thereupon
- thin-skinned
- this instant
- this minute
- ticklish
- touch-and-go
- touchy
- tout de suite
- treacherous
- tricky
- unarmed
- uncertain
- unconcealed
- uncovered
- unguarded
- unhealthy
- unhesitatingly
- unhidden
- unmasked
- unprotected
- unsafe
- unsealed
- unsheltered
- unsound
- unveiled
- up a tree
- up the creek
- urgently
- venture
- venturesome
- vincible
- visible
- vulnerability
- weak
- wicked
- wide open
- wide-open
- within reach
- without delay
- without hesitation
- without waste
Définition of on spot
Origin :- c.1200, "moral stain," probably from Old English splott "a spot, blot, patch (of land)" infl. by Middle Dutch spotte "spot, speck." Other cognates are East Frisian spot "speck," North Frisian spot "speck, piece of ground," Old Norse spotti "small piece." It is likely that some of these are borrowed, but the exact evolution now is impossible to trace.
- Meaning "speck, stain" is from mid-14c. The sense of "particular place" is from c.1300. Meaning "short interval in a broadcast for an advertisement or announcement" is from 1923. Proceeded by a number (e.g. five-spot) it originally was a term for "prison sentence" of that many years (1901, American English slang). To put (someone) on the spot "place in a difficult situation" is from 1928. Colloquial phrase to hit the spot "satisfy, be what is required" is from 1868. Spot check first attested 1933. Spot on "completely, accurately" is attested from 1920.
- As in on call : adj ready to work
- As in risky : adj dangerous
- As in vulnerable : adj open to attack
- As in behind the eight ball : adj in a jam
- As in pregnable : adj vulnerable
- As in vincible : adj vulnerable
- As in defenseless : adj powerless, vulnerable
- As in exposed : adj made public
- As in summarily : adv without delay
- As in out on a limb : adv in trouble
- As in here : adv in this place
- As in immediately : adv at once, right away
- As in jeopardy : noun danger, trouble
Antonyms for on spot
- ambiguous
- assurance
- assured
- blocked
- certain
- certainty
- closed
- clothed
- concealed
- definite
- eventually
- guarded
- harmless
- healthy
- hidden
- honest
- insensitive
- later
- never
- obscure
- plan
- powerful
- private
- protected
- protection
- safe
- safety
- secret
- secure
- sheltered
- shielded
- slowly
- stable
- strong
- sure
- surety
- there
- unclear
- unsusceptible
- vague
- well
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