jackpot | Definition of jackpot

Synonyms and Antonyms of jackpot

1 chiefly West a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape

a wily dude who managed to get himself out of one jackpot after another

Synonyms of jackpot

bind, box, catch-22, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jam, mire, pickle, predicament, quagmire, rabbit hole, rattrap, spot, sticky wicket, swamp

Words Related to jackpot

difficulty, node

hot water, soup

pinch, plight, quandary, scrape, trouble

deadlock, halt, logjam, stalemate, standstill

clutch, crisis, crossroad, emergency, exigency, juncture, strait

Phrases Synonymous with jackpot

2 the total of the bets at stake at one time

once the jackpot hit $100 million, everybody and his cousin was buying lottery tickets

Synonyms of jackpot

jack, pool, pot

Words Related to jackpot

bet, stake, wager