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

Beyond access to esteemed experts, attendees will have the opportunity to meet and chat with so many incredible women.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2026
To this point, experts agree that the best commercial product isn’t necessarily the easiest to wear.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 8 Oct. 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

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The end of the world has come in many forms for Robert and Michelle King, television’s reigning masters of the feel-good/feel-bad apocalypse.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Since mega masters hearings began in May, immigration data researchers found that the number of people ordered deported when not showing up for a hearing has skyrocketed.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of masters

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The institute is designed to bring public officials, scholars and other leaders to campus while expanding the college’s work around civic engagement, public policy, free expression and leadership.

— Nora O’Neill October 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
Whether or not Plath intended to die with her final suicide attempt is still an unresolved question among scholars.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of scholars

Noun

Great virtuosi such as violinist Isaac Stern, pianist Van Cliburn, soprano Leontyne Price and hosts of other incredible artists, both American and from abroad, blessed our concert halls with their dazzling artistry.

— Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s arrival at the New York Philharmonic has triggered a rhapsody in the city’s classical-music scene—particularly among the young virtuosos of the Juilliard School, shot here with some of the Philharmonic’s key players.

— Theo Wenner, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of virtuosos

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— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
According to awards gurus who track these things, that’s the most Emmy wins ever for a series canceled after its first season.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of gurus

Noun

Some of my favorite artists were doing moments of silence at their concerts for this little old lady from suburban Illinois who never had any ambition beyond just trying to help people.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
The happiness was real, for a time, but the two artists, each with his own distinct problems and needs, were not going to be happy together, or with anyone else, for long.

— Alan Hollinghurst, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

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