Hot potato synonyms | nouns

Synonyms for Hot potato as a Noun

• controversy

  difficulty, controversial issue
• debate

  controversial issue, celebrated case
• war of words

  controversial issue, celebrated case
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  storm

  hazard, danger
• crisis

  hazard, danger
• crunch

  critical situation
• dilemma

  critical situation
• catastrophe

  critical situation
• emergency

  hazard, danger
• pressure

  critical situation
• mess

  critical situation
• impasse
• confrontation
• situation
• trouble
• deadlock
• change
• disaster
• peril

  hazard, danger
• risk

  hazard, danger
• threat
• jeopardy
• probability
• exposure
• insecurity
• uncertainty
• possibility
• vulnerability
• instability
• menace
• pitfall
• uproar

  celebrated case
• talk of the town

  celebrated case
• climax
• strait
• height
• juncture
• pass
• perplexity
• corner
• plight
• culmination
• climacteric
• trauma
• crossroad
• puzzle
• exigency
• crux
• embarrassment
• imbroglio