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pepper

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of pepper

1 to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on

pepper the costume with flecks of glitter

Synonyms of pepper

bestrew, dot, scatter, sow, spot, spray, sprinkle, strew

Words Related to pepper

blanket, drizzle, dust

dapple, fleck, speckle, stipple

bespatter, spatter

2 to mark with small spots especially unevenly

spilled flour peppered the kitchen floor

Synonyms of pepper

blotch, dapple, dot, fleck, freckle, marble, mottle, shoot, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stipple

Words Related to pepper

blot, dye, stain

band, bar, streak, stripe

intersperse, set, stud

bespatter, spatter

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