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noun smat·ter·ing \ ˈsma-tə-riŋ \

Definition of smattering

1 :superficial piecemeal knowledge
  • a smattering of carpentry, house painting, bricklaying
  • —Alva Johnston
2 :a small scattered number or amount
  • a smattering of spectators

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Examples of smattering in a Sentence

  1. She only knows a smattering of German.

  2. a smattering of guests at the art exhibit

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First Known Use of smattering

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smattering Synonyms

Synonyms
couple, handful, scatter, scattering, smatter, few, sprinkle, sprinkling
Antonyms
army, crowd, flock, gazillion, horde, host, jillion, kazillion, legion, loads, many, mountain, multitude, oodles, scads, thousands, zillion
Related Words
minority; atom, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, particle, scrap, shred, tittle, whit
Near Antonyms
majority, most; abundance, excess, plenty, surplus; deal, gobs, heap, lot, mass, much, peck, pile, plenitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, slather, slew, stack, wad, wealth

SMATTERING Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of smattering for English Language Learners

  • : a small amount of something

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