SMATTERING Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈsma-tə-riŋ

Definition of smattering

as in handful

a small number a smattering of guests at the art exhibit

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smattering

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verb

present participle of smatter

as in blathering

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Recent Examples of smattering

Noun

He was welcomed back with mostly cheers, and a smattering of boos, from fans in his first game as a visitor at Comerica Park since being traded this month. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 The bodysuit had voluminous bell sleeves and a smattering of rhinestones across the bodice. — Kelsey Stiegman, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026 Most other fixtures, as ever in a preseason opener, were in for a smattering of plays. — Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2026 Rather than the usual infotainment screen and a smattering of controls, this one has two columns of physical buttons with leather accents, and AC vents that echo the arrangement of the tailpipes out the back. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for smattering

Recent Examples of Synonyms for smattering

Noun

Manufacturing, energy and technology depend on components and raw materials produced in a handful of locations or, in some cases, a single location.

— Alex Saric, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Streaming revenue now exceeds revenue from linear TV at AMC, which operates a handful of legacy cable networks.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of handful

Verb

The interview was interrupted multiple times because of rain pattering against the barn roof where it was being held.

— Emily Chang, ABC News, 7 June 2026
Benito finds community with the like-minded Pleneros de la Cresta, who have been playing the island’s pattering folk music for over a decade.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025

Definition of pattering

Noun

The charges were upgraded to felonies and the couple was taken back into custody on Friday.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
The tender family comedy stars Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas (The Mask of Zorro) and Eva Birthistle (Bad Sisters) as a divorced couple who struggle to maintain the minimum communication required to share custody of their beloved only child Rose.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of couple

Verb

After a tense year of sniping and trolling each other, the family members agreed to bury the butcher knife, and the Original Roy Hutchins empire added an Arlington location near AT&T Stadium.

— Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Sep. 2026
Indy, the duck-trolling dog star of Good Boy, received the Best Good Boy in a Horror Movie award.

— Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of trolling

Verb

However, the animals did survive and seemed set on helping their family survive too, repeatedly bleating and stomping on the debris covering the bunker.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
Players started bleating, serenading James with sounds deserving of the GOAT — greatest of all time.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026

Definition of bleating

Verb

His Toronto Maple Leafs, on the heels of three straight first-round playoff exits, were sputtering in November with a 9-10-4 record.

— Janson Duench, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Some analysts attributed the drop-off to sputtering demand as investors moved past the company's splashy listing and took a closer look at its bottom line.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of sputtering

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