Home › Words › H › hotlisthotlisthotlist means A list of items of special interest (such as highest priority, likelihood, risk, or otherwise).EtymologyFrom hot + list.nounA list of items of special interest (such as highest priority, likelihood, risk, or otherwise).e.g.“There were 22 schools on the hotlist to close, consolidate or be turned around.” — 2009 February 24, “Six CPS schools to stay open”, in ABC7Chicago.com:A list of banned items.e.g.“The Hotlist is used to keep the cosmetic industry aware of substances that are restricted or prohibited in cosmetics” — 2004 June 18, “Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist”, in Health Canada:verbTo add something to such a list, or to be added to such a list.To blacklist.e.g.“one must also check that the certificate is not hot-listed by Its issuer” — 1993 August 1, Stephen T. Kent, “Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail”, in Commun. ACM, volume 36, number 8, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 48–60:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.shortlist 61% match — To place something on a short list. vs hotlist →handlist 60% match — A list for easy reference. vs hotlist →shitlist 59% match — A group of people held in contempt or targeted for revenge, etc. vs hotlist →shortlisted 55% match — Placed on a short list. vs hotlist →prelist 55% match — A list prepared in advance, for example of dwellings to be visited as part of a census or a marketing campaign. vs hotlist →longlist 55% match — An initial, relatively long, shortlist, from which a further shortlist is selected. vs hotlist →booklist 53% match — Any list of books. vs hotlist →linklist 53% match — A list of hyperlinks. vs hotlist →