Synonyms of sowed

sowed

verb

past tense of sow

1

as in sprayed

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

sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprayed
• sprinkled
• dotted
• peppered
• strewed
• scattered
• spotted
• dusted
• bestrewed
• drizzled
• studded
• flecked
• blanketed
• speckled
• dappled
• spattered
• stippled
• bespattered

2

as in planted

to put or set into the ground to grow

first sow the seeds in potting soil

Synonyms & Similar Words

• planted
• seeded
• put in
• drilled
• replanted
• scattered
• transplanted
• bedded
• broadcast
• potted
• reseeded
• overseeded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gathered
• harvested
• reaped

3

as in bred

to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set

a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• planted
• bred
• rooted
• implanted
• embedded
• lodged
• inculcated
• instilled
• inseminated
• enrooted
• drove
• infixed
• pounded
• invested
• inoculated
• hammered
• entrenched
• imbued
• infused
• steeped
• suffused
• fixed
• ingrained

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sowed

In the reception area, amid meandering pools and rock walls sowed with cascading ferns, staff members taught guests how to weave coconut fronds into sun hats and fans. — Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026

But Cepeda and Petro on Sunday night sowed doubt in the result and claimed — so far without evidence — that hundreds of thousands of votes were manipulated and that foreign actors interfered with the result. — Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

Cepeda, too, sowed doubt about the results, saying that votes were miscounted and that there were discrepancies. — Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC news, 1 June 2026

But the past few weeks have showcased the bigger fruits being sowed under Vidosic and the club’s backing of him. — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 11 May 2026

But thanks in part to the grievance groundwork DeSantis has sowed, the 31-year-old’s divisive message is starting to earn him national attention. — Scott Maxwell, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026

So Vogt pulled all the showy purple spikes and sowed assorted prairie plants instead. — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 3 May 2026

Through it all, Chavez - who sowed the seed of so much pain - has remained alive on Death Row, courtesy of Florida taxpayers. — Amy Driscoll, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026

Additionally, the community where measles is spreading has been the home of a sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a group that had a charismatic leader named Warren Jeffs who sowed distrust in vaccines. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026