ZIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zit mean? 

• ZIT (noun)
  The noun ZIT has 1 sense:

1. a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne

  Familiarity information: ZIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hickey; pimple; zit

Hypernyms ("zit" is a kind of...):

acne (an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zit"):

papule (a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox))

pustule (a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus)