Synonyms of slathered

slathered

verb

past tense of slather

as in smeared

to put a thick layer of a liquid, cream, etc. over (something)

We ate lobster slathered with butter.

She slathered her skin with sunscreen.

Related Words

• smeared
• plastered
• daubed
• dabbed
• anointed
• covered
• bedaubed
• besmeared
• coated
• applied
• laid on
• blanketed
• layered
• spread
• laid
• overlaid
• carpeted
• mantled
• surfaced
• sheeted
• overlay
• overspread

Dissimilar Words

• exposed
• stripped
• peeled
• uncovered
• bared

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slathered

The President, who likes his steak well done and slathered in ketchup, met with a Brazilian beef magnate named Joesley Batista, who in the past had admitted to making large payments to public officials and was briefly jailed. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026

It’s breaded with panko and fried, placed atop a slice of New School American Cheese and slathered with a fragrant ginger-scallion-oil tartar sauce. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

They’ll be served up with fresh asparagus and a couple of large taters slathered with butter, sour cream and chives. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

That’s aside from the other secret sauce, of course, which is DBS sauce — slathered on many of its patties. — Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026

The desserts are divine, especially the fluffy floating island, the perfect profiteroles, the crusty crème brûlée and the Trou Normand, a yummy apple sorbet slathered in Calvados. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Ideally, one straight from the oven, slathered in butter, and made by our grandma on a Sunday morning. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 20 July 2026

In the latter, the therapist slathered my body with warm clay rich with minerals that were absorbed through my skin, boosting circulation and bringing on a tingly sweat that drained away the toxins. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

Back home that night, dues paid to god, the women slathered their faces with turmeric cream and went to bed, bitter-smelling, sorry for themselves on that night as every night. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 30 June 2026