SLATHERS Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of slather

as in smears

to put a thick layer of a liquid, cream, etc. over (something) We ate lobster slathered with butter. She slathered her skin with sunscreen.

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noun

plural of slather

as in gobs

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Recent Examples of slathers

Verb

At one point, Boyle literally slathers him in spurts of newspaper ink to literalize how much blood is on his hands. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026 The Iowa Specialty Crop Growers Association slathers its Strawberry Bliss in chocolate. — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 9 July 2026

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Verb

Darker smears around the crater’s rim contain surface rocks and lunar dust called regolith previously altered by solar winds, micrometeorites, and cosmic radiation over an extended period of time.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
The atmosphere works on them a little bit harder and reduces their strength and smears them a little bit more.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of smears

Noun

But the temporary arena is covering nearly the entirety of the White House's South Lawn, where Marine One usually lands to ferry the president to out-of-town trips and gobs of kids scramble in the grass during the Easter Egg Roll every spring.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 June 2026
But the temporary arena is covering nearly the entirety of the White House’s South Lawn, where Marine One usually lands to ferry the president to out-of-town trips and gobs of kids scramble in the grass during the Easter Egg Roll every spring.

— Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026

Definition of gobs

Verb

God prepares a table for the speaker despite the presence of his enemies, anoints his head with oil, and fills his cup to overflowing.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
Analysis from data and tactics writer Conor O’Neill Every World Cup anoints a breakout star, a previously unheralded player who is catapulted into the spotlight.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of anoints

Noun

In Alexandra township, where the road to the River Park Library voting station is filled with potholes, leaking sewage and piles of uncollected waste on the sidewalks, many still came out to cast their ballot.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Tech stocks have sagged as investors grow concerned over their ballooning debt piles at a time of rising interest rates.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of piles

Noun

America was at an ugly and gut-churning crossroads, with some already crudely resisting whatever democratic gains had come because of stacks upon stacks of movement protests.

— Kevin Powell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
While published literature on the math of literally looking for needles in actual stacks of hay are thin on the ground, the principles of such a search lie in an area of math called probabilities.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of stacks

Noun

There’s an outdoor kitchen, heaps of space inside, and sleek sun loungers everyone can relax on with a glass of wine—rosé, naturally.

— Vogue, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
With its mix of teenage alienation, anti-authority diatribes and heaps of personality disorder, Darko is appealing in a kind of neo-Heathers, anti-establishment way.

— Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of heaps

Noun

The architects picked numbers out of a bowl to determine which of the 100 sites was theirs, and before flying home they were paid for their designs with wads of cash.

— Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
Nestled deep among the wads of shredded paper and other bric-a-brac, the occupants made not a squeak, concealed to anyone who looked through the carrier’s door.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of wads

Noun

The physicist suspected that one function and one number might suffice to construct all 36 functions and quantities.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026
The exchange said the remaining 5% consisted of less liquid tokens that would take longer to source in the quantities required.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026

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