All zit synonyms

noun zit

• pimple — a small, usually inflammatory swelling or elevation of the skin; papule or pustule.
• spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
• boil — When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour.
• abscess — An abscess is a painful swelling containing pus.
• acne — If someone has acne, they have a skin condition which causes a lot of spots on their face and neck.
• blackhead — Blackheads are small, dark spots on someone's skin caused by blocked pores.
• blemish — A blemish is a small mark on something that spoils its appearance.
• bump — If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
• carbuncle — A carbuncle is a large swelling under the skin.
• excrescence — A distinct outgrowth on a human or animal body or on a plant, especially one that is the result of disease or abnormality.
• goober — the peanut.
• papule — a small, somewhat pointed elevation of the skin, usually inflammatory but nonsuppurative.
• pustule — Pathology. a small elevation of the skin containing pus.
• whitehead — Alfred North, 1861–1947, English philosopher and mathematician, in the U.S. after 1924.
• papula — one of the small, ciliated projections of the body wall of an echinoderm, serving for respiration and excretion.