hot ticket

noun

: someone or something very popular : rage

Synonyms of hot ticket

• latest
• trend
• craze
• rage
• enthusiasm
• vogue
• style
• last word

Examples of hot ticket in a Sentence

The musical is this season's hot ticket.

She's a hot ticket on the lecture circuit.

Recent Examples on the Web

Typically, being a top-25 team in the nation makes your home games a hot ticket, but that doesn't seem to be the case for the Houston Cougars. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Rancho Gordo’s heritage bean membership club is a very hot ticket—so hot, in fact, that slots very rarely open, and some people have spent years on its waiting list. — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Sep. 2026

Collectively, that’s more than enough star wattage to make this a hot ticket, especially since this is Louis-Dreyfus’ Broadway debut. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Few investors have broad appeal like Buffett At the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of business, trips for students to Berkshire’s annual meetings were always a hot ticket. — Josh Funk, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hot ticket

• chicot
• cricket
• picket
• picot
• thicket
• wicket