Smattering synonyms

smăt'ər-ĭng

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superficial knowledge
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smatter
A smattering.
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few
An exclusive or limited number:
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smidgen (related)
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some half-truths
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introduction (related)
The preliminary section of a book, often having material considered essential to an understanding of the main text
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sprinkling
A small amount of (some liquid, powder or other fine substance) that is sprinkled on to something.
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handful
The amount that a hand can hold.
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bunch (related)
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dash
Dietary approaches to stop hypertension; a diet for lowering high blood pressure, emphasizing the consumption of foods low in saturated fats, trans fats, and sodium and high in fiber and protein, especially fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products.
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drop
The act of falling; descent:
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sciolism
Superficial knowledge or learning
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  • He spoke a smattering of words she didn't understand.

  • At odd hours of lessons she picked up a smattering of Latin, music and natural science, but most days were holidays and spent in country rambles and games with village children.

  • The kings choice, however, fell on Hajji Mirza Aghasi, a native of Erivan, who in former years, as tutor to the Sons of Abbas Mirza, had gained a certain reputation for learning and a smattering of the occult sciences, but whose qualifications for statesmanship were craftiness and suspicion.

  • Here congregated hundreds of the younger szlachta, fresh from their school benches, whence they brought nothing but a smattering of Latin and a determination to make their way by absolute subservience to their "elder brethren," the pans.

  • With a smattering of snow in the air, Charlton were in the early ascendancy.

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