Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hickey

2 senses of hickey

Sense 1
pimple, hickey, zit -- (a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne)
       => acne -- (an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones)

Sense 2
hickey, love bite -- (a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover)
       => erythema -- (abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation))