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spatter

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of spatter

1 to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets
  • A passing car spattered mud on her clothes.
Synonyms of spatter

dash, slop, slosh, splash, swash
Words Related to spatter

dabble, lap, plash, wash

spray, sprinkle, spritz

squirt
2 to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy
  • The dog vigorously shook himself, spattering the carpet and walls with water.
Synonyms of spatter

bespatter, dash, plash, splash, splatter
Words Related to spatter

drench, drown, impregnate, saturate, soak, sop, souse, steep

bathe, douse (also dowse), wash, water

slop, slush, spray, sprinkle, squirt

spatter

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of spatter

a very small amount
  • A spatter of praise for her work was mixed in with quite a lot of criticism.
Synonyms of spatter

ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, smack, smidgen (also smidgeon), snap, spark, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace
Words Related to spatter

hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit

atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap

dash, drop, pinch

part, portion, section

bite, nibble, taste

handful, scattering, smatter, smattering

dose, shot
Phrases Synonymous with spatter

drop in the bucket
Near Antonyms of spatter

abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth

volume

chunk, hunk, lump, slab

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