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

1 sense of hot water

Sense 1
hot water -- (a dangerous or distressing predicament; "his views on race got him into political hot water")
       => predicament, quandary, plight -- (a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people")