Thesaurus / hot potato
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synonyms for hot potato
- talk of the town
- uproar
- affair
- controversial case
- controversial issue
- controversy
- debate
- fuss
- grist for the gossip mill
- matter of the moment
- political football
- rumor
- scandal
- topic of the day
- war of words
- catastrophe
- change
- confrontation
- crunch
- deadlock
- dilemma
- disaster
- emergency
- impasse
- mess
- pressure
- situation
- trouble
- climacteric
- climax
- contingency
- corner
- crossroad
- crux
- culmination
- embarrassment
- entanglement
- exigency
- extremity
- height
- imbroglio
- juncture
- necessity
- pass
- perplexity
- pickle
- pinch
- plight
- predicament
- puzzle
- quandary
- stew
- strait
- trauma
- trial
- urgency
- big trouble
- dire straits
- hour of decision
- moment of truth
- point of no return
- turning point
- crisis
- emergency
- exposure
- insecurity
- instability
- jeopardy
- menace
- peril
- pitfall
- possibility
- probability
- risk
- threat
- uncertainty
- vulnerability
- clouds
- dynamite
- endangerment
- exigency
- precariousness
- precipice
- slipperiness
- storm
- venture
- double trouble
- risky business
- thin ice
- clouds
- crisis
- double trouble
- dynamite
- emergency
- endangerment
- exigency
- exposure
- hazard
- insecurity
- instability
- jeopardy
- menace
- peril
- pitfall
- possibility
- precariousness
- precipice
- probability
- risk
- risky business
- slipperiness
- storm
- thin ice
- threat
- uncertainty
- venture
- vulnerability
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 176 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hot potato, such as: bone of contention, celebrated case, controversy, debate, grist for the gossip mill, and moot point.
How to use hot potato in a sentence
Add an equal amount of freshly cooked hot potato that has been put through a potato ricer or mashed fine.
WOMAN'S INSTITUTE LIBRARY OF COOKERY, VOL. 3WOMAN'S INSTITUTE OF DOMESTIC ARTS AND SCIENCESHe did not seem to know what to do with it, and shifted it from one hand to another as though it were a hot potato.
BASEBALL JOE, CAPTAIN OF THE TEAMLESTER CHADWICKHe took up the book; but seeing the owner suddenly appear, he dropped it like a hot potato.
ENGLISH AS WE SPEAK IT IN IRELANDP. W. JOYCEShe'd drop old Tippengray like a hot potato and stick to me like one of those adhesive plasters that have holes in them.
THE SQUIRREL INNFRANK R. STOCKTONHe more than once went up to the fire for a hot potato, but each time the punch was offered him he wisely declined taking it.
ERNEST BRACEBRIDGEWILLIAM H. G. KINGSTONThe Englishman shakes your hand vigorously, drops it like a hot potato, and murmurs some stereotyped greeting to his boots.
THE OPPRESSED ENGLISHIAN HAYLarge, crisp, hot potato chips make a pleasant change for dunking purposes.
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF CHEESEROBERT CARLTON BROWN“A great country for a bank, this,” commented Mr. Becher, with infinite finesse and between intermittent puffs at a hot potato.
A BREATH OF PRAIRIE AND OTHER STORIESWILL LILLIBRIDGEHe dropped the suit-case like a hot potato and this time the crowd fairly howled.
THE PUTNAM HALL ENCAMPMENTARTHUR M. WINFIELDThe Administration would drop you like a hot potato if you did a thing like that.
THE YUKON TRAILWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINEWORDS RELATED TO HOT POTATO
- big troubles
- catastrophes
- changes
- climacterics
- climaxes
- confrontations
- contingencies
- corners
- crossroads
- cruces
- crunches
- culminations
- deadlocks
- dilemmas
- dire straits
- disasters
- embarrassments
- emergencies
- entanglements
- exigencies
- extremities
- heights
- hot potatos
- hour of decisions
- imbroglios
- impasses
- junctures
- messes
- moment of truths
- necessities
- passes
- perplexities
- pickles
- pinches
- plights
- point of no returns
- predicaments
- pressures
- puzzles
- quandaries
- situations
- stews
- straits
- traumas
- trials
- troubles
- turning points
- urgencies
- big trouble
- catastrophe
- change
- climacteric
- climax
- confrontation
- contingency
- corner
- crossroad
- crunch
- crux
- culmination
- deadlock
- dilemma
- dire straits
- disaster
- embarrassment
- emergency
- entanglement
- exigency
- extremity
- height
- hot potato
- hour of decision
- imbroglio
- impasse
- juncture
- mess
- moment of truth
- necessity
- pass
- perplexity
- pickle
- pinch
- plight
- point of no return
- predicament
- pressure
- puzzle
- quandary
- situation
- stew
- strait
- trauma
- trial
- trouble
- turning point
- urgency
- clouds
- crises
- double troubles
- dynamite
- emergencies
- endangerments
- exigencies
- exposures
- hot potatos
- insecurities
- instabilities
- jeopardy
- menaces
- perils
- pitfalls
- possibilities
- precariousnesses
- precipices
- probabilities
- risks
- risky businesses
- slipperiness
- storms
- thin ices
- threats
- uncertainties
- ventures
- vulnerabilities
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.