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Synonyms & Antonyms of fleck
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part
- flooring tile that is brown with flecks of white
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2
a very small piece
- wiped a fleck of cookie off his jacket
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- ace,
- dab,
- dash,
- driblet,
- drop,
- fraction,
- haet
- [chiefly Scottish],
- halfpenny,
- ha'penny,
- iota,
- jot,
- kenning
- [chiefly Scottish],
- lick,
- minim,
- mite,
- modicum,
- nutshell,
- ounce,
- pinch,
- shred,
- smatter,
- smidgen
- (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge),
- spot,
- strain,
- streak,
- suspicion,
- taste,
- touch,
- trace,
- whisper,
- whit
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verbSynonyms of fleck (Entry 2 of 2)
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
- to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface
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