Sprinkling Synonyms and Antonyms

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Hint, dash
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. scattering
  2. handful
  3. few
  4. mixture
  5. sprinkle
Antonyms:
  1. lot
To mark with many small spots
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stippling
  2. speckling
  3. peppering
  4. mottling
  5. freckling
  6. flecking
  7. dotting
  8. dappling
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The act of sprinkling or splashing water
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. aspersion
  2. sprinkle
  3. sparge
Rain gently
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pattering
  2. spattering
  3. spitting
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Words Related to Sprinkling

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Sprinkling Sentence Examples

  • The mode was sprinkling or pouring.

  • His subjects included only a sprinkling of Jews.

  • Very small seeds should only have a sprinkling of light earth or of sand, and sometimes only a thin layer of soft moss to exclude light and preserve an equable degree of moisture.

  • Somewhere a storm was gathering, but only a small cloud had scattered some raindrops lightly, sprinkling the road and the sappy leaves.

  • The modern plantations consist mostly of Scots fir with a sprinkling of larch.

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