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

1 sense of sunspot

Sense 1
sunspot, macula -- (a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field)
       => spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation -- (a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red")