Synonyms of droplets

droplets

noun

plural of droplet

as in beads

the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass

there were only a few droplets left in the canteen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beads
• globs
• drips
• drops
• globules
• blobs
• trickles
• raindrops
• tears
• driblets
• dewdrops
• spatters
• teardrops
• gobbets
• dribbles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of droplets

Caravel’s platform combines cell-free protein synthesis, microfluidic droplets and bacterial spore display to test millions of protein designs in parallel. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026

Quarantines also helped, Wagner adds, because doctors started to recognize that the bacteria could sometimes spread from person to person through respiratory droplets. — Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026

Likewise, the agents that cause illnesses such as COVID-19, influenza, mumps, pertussis, and strep throat can be transmitted as heavy droplets that land on mucous membranes. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026

An image of ink droplets inside a printer has won first prize at the Nikon Small World photomicrography competition, which focuses on images taken through a microscope. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Tiny droplets of the molten tin are fired out of a cannon into a vacuum chamber, where they are shot—sixty thousand times a second—by unerring lasers. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Microdroplet chemistry Min’s lab has spent years working on microdroplet chemistry, studying how water broken into tiny droplets behaves at its boundary with air. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

Inspired by the rounded shapes of water droplets, the 22-piece collection features clusters of natural diamonds in varying sizes, set across sculptural surfaces of 14-karat yellow gold. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026

And so there are these things called condensates, which are these big lipid droplets inside the network. — Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026