HOTSHOTS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

hotshots

noun

plural of hotshot

as in experts

a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field while still in his 20s, he was known on Wall Street as an investment hotshot

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Recent Examples of hotshots Next, ground crews, including the Navajo hotshots, will start hand and aerial ignitions, the department said. — Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Fans who gush over the next big thing too often forget that many young hotshots turn out to be something less. — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Gao and his three cofounders aren’t your conventional AI hotshots with credentials from leading AI labs or Stanford University. — Ben Weiss, Fortune, 1 June 2026 Maybe that’s because the interiors have a certain plainness — one that’s accurate to Georgian classicism but boring to Hollywood hotshots. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026 Not only is the work physically and mentally grueling, hotshots must dedicate at least six months of their life to their crew, sacrificing time with family and friends, along with individual autonomy. — River Selby august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025 In July, ProPublica reported that, according to agency data, its fire and aviation management program contained more than 4,500 active vacancies, including for such crucial primary firefighting positions as hotshots, dispatchers and engine captains. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Below, the experts break down this fall’s biggest makeup trends.

— Loren Savini, Allure, 4 Sep. 2026
Though historically rare, murder or homicide charges in high-speed crashes that don’t involve drugs or alcohol are becoming increasingly common, according to experts interviewed by USA TODAY.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of experts

Noun

Still, the question of what Ebel was doing with his adepts swept through Prussia, dominating the newspapers that had only recently begun to emerge from their eighteenth-century chronicling of obligations to a more modern publicizing role.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
He was investigated by the SS on the orders of Heinrich Himmler but convinced his investigators, all adepts of Deutsche Physik, that he was engaged in worthwhile teaching and research.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of adepts

Noun

At Berkeley, that includes programs like masters’ degrees in business administration and public policy.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Jomo Hankerson alleged his father violated a settlement agreement over recording masters and music publishing rights for the works of Aaliyah, Toni Braxton, DMX and Timbaland.

— Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of masters

Noun

Solano-De Carrier noted that part of the American dream for Latinos is the ability to envision themselves as scholars, generational talents, or even power players in the economy.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
In 2025, a team of scholars convened a hundred and twenty experts from a range of disciplines, asking them to evaluate the arguments in the book.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of scholars

Noun

The decade featured some of the most revered and celebrated virtuosos to ever walk the planet, both critically and commercially.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Other guitar virtuosos might crave at least a little downtime between concluding a Las Vegas concert residency with one band and launching a national tour with another band, not but Joe Satriani.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026

Definition of virtuosos

Noun

His platform features a portal where real monks and gurus can come online and do live sessions with devotees.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Typically, at this age, the B and C-listers typically turn into self-help gurus who suddenly start praying to some butterfly goddess while on a retreat in Costa Rica.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of gurus

Noun

Since June, over 130 artists, fabricators, and volunteers have worked on the project at Seaport Studios in Richmond, California.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The famed Magic Castle will supply the artists and show direction at Knott’s Scary Farm recently refurbished Bird Cage Theater.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

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