hotbeds Definition

hubs, areas, centers, outposts, incubators, outbreaks, foci, spots, refuges, pockets, hostels, houses, residences, shelters, nests, pits, homes, sources, hearths, households, fires, seedlings, flames, poles, spotlights, fireplaces, lenses, theatres, points, centres, flashpoints, foyers, hotspots, bastions, havens, epicenter, meccas, hot spots, hotspot, strongholds, hothouse, enclaves, burgs, places, flourishing, locales, vanguard, hinterlands, cities, subculture, locus, battleground, campuses, regions, microcosms, hangouts, venues, dens, heartland, sanctuaries, birthplace, metropolises, backwater, sprouting, megalopolises, circles, turfs, offshoots, spectator sport, flashpoint, academies, commonplace, fringes, arenas, meritocracies, harbingers, ghettos, paradises, rivalries, wellspring, conurbations, towns, petri dish, gyms, complexes, fountainhead, clusters, showplaces, scrublands, antidote, suburbs, oasis, upsurge, frontier, crucible, powerhouse, nexuses, universities, seedbed, tent caterpillar,