unsoiled, white, snowy, immaculate; cleansed, washed, bathed, laundered, scrubbed, wiped, scoured; polished, dusted, swept, vacuumed, whisked; tidy, well-groomed, well-kept, spick-and-span.
2. pure, unstained, stainless, untarnished, unsullied, unblemished; perfect, flawless, faultless; virgin, virginal, untouched, unadulterated, unspoiled, untainted; unpolluted, uncontaminated, sanitized, disinfected, antisepticized, deodorized. spotlight, n. 1. floodlight, flood, arc light, arc, foot-light, Inf. foot, klieg light, Inf spot; searchlight; flashlight, Brit, torch.
2. limelight, public eye or consciousness, glare of public attention, glare, daylight, bright light; fame, notoriety; publicity; currency, popularity; attention, interest, observation.
-v. 3. light, light up, lighten, illuminate; shine light upon, shed light upon, cast or throw light upon; floodlight, flood or bathe with light.
4. feature, highlight, play up, set off, give prominence to, bring to the fore, bring into relief; star, Inf. headline; emphasize, stress, lay stress or emphasis upon, give emphasis to, punctuate, accent, accentuate; underscore, underline, italicize, point up, call attention to, mark; intensify, deepen, heighten. spotted, adj. 1. speckled, specked, flecked, freckled, spotty; marked, dotted, punctate, ocellated; blotchy, splotchy, uneven, macular; pimpled, pocked; dappled, mottled, flea-bitten, pied, piebald, pinto; particolored, variegated, diversified.
2. sullied, dirty, unclean, soiled, stained, discolored, smudged, smutched; unwashed, grimy, filthy, muddied, bedraggled, smeared, besmeared, smirchy; blemished, tarnished, flawed, marred, injured, defiled, spoiled, ruined. spotty, adj. 1. marked, speckled, dotted, blotchy, variegated, spotted. See spotted (def. 1).
2. irregular, uneven, rough, ununiform; unmethodical, methodless, inconsistent, desultory, orderless, unsystematic; disarranged, disordered, confused; rambling, wandering, straying, roving; inconstant, erratic, eccentric, capricious, spasmodic, fitful. spouse, n. husband or wife, common-law husband or wife, Inf. better half, consort, companion, marital partner, partner, (former) ex, yokefellow, yokemate; married man, benedict, bridegroom, groom, Inf hub-bie, SI. old man, Archaic, goodman; married woman, wedded wife, bride, housewife, woman, lady, matron, Amer. Ind. squaw, wife of one's bosom, Law. feme, Law. feme covert, concubine, Inf missis, Inf. little woman, Humorous, rib, SI. old lady or woman, Scot. Inf. wifey, Archaic, goodwife or goody. See partner (def. 3). spout, v. 1. spurt, squirt, gush, jet, spray; surge, flow, stream, pour; spurt, spit, spew, eject, discharge, debouch, disgorge, disembogue, pour out, Geol. ex-travasate.
2. Informal, declaim, orate, Australian SI. spruik, rant, rant and rave; harangue, soapbox, speechify, sermonize, preach, spiel; hold forth, run off at the mouth, go on and on, ramble on, maunder.
-n. 3. nozzle, nose, lip, rose, jet; waterspout, gargoyle, drain, outlet, duct; chute, pipe, tube, sluice, trough, conduit.
4. stream, rivulet, runoff; spillage, overflow; geyser, jet, spurt, squirt; spray, fountain, Inf. spritz, gush, rush. sprawl, v. 1. stretch out, spraddle, straddle, loll, lounge, Brit. Dial, lollop; lie around, recline, repose, supinate; droop, slump, flop, slouch.
2. branch out, flare, splay, spill over; spread, straggle, ramble, wander, trail, draggle, meander, wind.