POTS Synonyms: 222 Similar and Opposite Words

pots 1 of 2

noun

Definition of pots

plural of pot

as in pools

the total of the bets at stake at one time everyone got a bit nervous when the pot grew to more than a hundred dollars

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as in loads

a considerable amount made a pot of money in the real estate market

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as in bellies

an enlarged or bulging abdomen vowed that he would never get a pot, that telltale sign of middle age

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pots

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of pot

as in seeds

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Recent Examples of pots

Noun

Items such as the coffee pots, dispensing nozzles for cappuccino and frazil machines must be washed and sanitized as needed. — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 While most citrus trees are too large for indoor growing, there are a few small or dwarf varieties of citrus that can be kept indoors year-round in pots. — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026 That led to drumming on pots and pans, and, years later, a punky band, a 2010 release (The Hippy Hop EP) then a 2015 debut album, Look Up. — Katherine Turman, SPIN, 13 Oct. 2026 The drinks, developed with Pankaj Balachandran of Countertop, include a whisky highball made with water softened in clay pots over days. — Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026 Extra Racks Extra oven racks made of heavy steel or heavy pots or pizza stones warming in the oven disrupt the flow of hot air and absorb heat, causing an oven to take longer to warm up. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026 Use cachepots to hide plain plant pots, protect surfaces from water damage, and elevate home decor without repotting. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026 Chuk shows the flat shelf on top for holding the stove, the tray below for storing things like plates and utensils, and the drawer on bottom for taller and deeper wares like bowls, pots and gas canisters. — New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026 Pots and Pans Students who have access to a stovetop or oven should look for pots and pans at the thrift store, Crawley suggests. — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 25 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pots

Noun

That calculus changes as AI systems connect to larger pools of internal data.

— Nick Burling, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Rooms are below and the pools and gardens on the ground floor – though this does make the lifts a little confusing as numbers go up even though floors go down.

— Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of pools

Noun

The deck replacement is necessary because traffic loads on the span have become increasingly heavy, and salt air has eroded bridge materials.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
According to Formlabs, this improves strength, toughness, heat resistance, and resistance to gradual deformation under sustained loads, while producing a harder, less tacky surface.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

Just below their bellies, their hockey pants were both open at the top.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
Consumers who indirectly purchased raw pork bacon or fresh or frozen pork made from bellies, loins, shoulders, ribs or pork chops from one of the companies may be eligible for a cash payment.

— Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of bellies

Noun

Furthermore, using opioid abatement funds, the county has expanded youth and family support services, co-responder units and other harm-reduction services.

— Joshua Barocas, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Escobar and two other union leaders were suspended from their positions last year after Powell raised concerns about board members’ financial record keeping and use of funds.

— Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of funds

Noun

With the company expected to deploy tons of cash toward expanding Muse, investors will be closely watching its capital expenditure plans.

— Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Cates said RayZyn has processed over 1,000 tons of grapes from various California wine regions since its founding.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of tons

Noun

But biologists in Maine studying salmonids like native brook trout and lake trout discovered a concerning amount of soft plastic lures in their stomachs.

— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Zack Wheeler pitched a gem against Tampa Bay on Sunday and untangled a few thousand knots inside the stomachs of Phillies fans, and even from those inside a mostly solemn clubhouse.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of stomachs

Verb

Once Mooney plants the seed of his joke about how unhappy white Americans seemed after slavery the later images of Confederate memorial groups and white crowds at lynchings take on a surreal resonance.

— Beandrea July, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
Mungiu craftily plants the seed of this crisis in his opening shot, set in the aftermath of a stinging act of parental discipline.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026

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