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speck

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of speck

1 a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part
  • a lizard with specks of white against a green body
Synonyms of speck

blotch, dapple, dot, eyespot, fleck, mottle, patch, pip, point, speckle, splotch, spot
Words Related to speck

birthmark, freckle, mole

blob, blot, smear, smudge, stain

spatter, splash

polka dot
2 a very small amount
  • not a speck of explanation to accompany the book's pictures
Synonyms of speck

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, spatter, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace
Words Related to speck

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 speck

drop in the bucket
Near Antonyms of speck

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
3 a very small piece
  • A speck of dust was preventing the laser from reading the disc.
Synonyms of speck

atom, bit, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, nugget, particle, patch, scrap, scruple, snip, snippet, tittle
Words Related to speck

ace, dab, dash, driblet, drop, fraction, iota, jot, lick, minim, mite, modicum, nutshell, ounce, pinch, shred, smatter, smidgen (also smidgeon), spot, strain, streak, suspicion, taste, touch, trace, whisper, whit

bite, mouthful, nibble, tidbit (also titbit)

fragment, part, portion, section

chip, flake, shard, shiver, sliver, splinter

clipping, paring, shaving

smithereens
Near Antonyms of speck

chunk, gob, hunk, lump, slab

abundance, barrel, bucket, bushel, deal, heaps, loads, mass, mountain, peck, pile, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, scads, stack, volume, wad, wealth

speck

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of speck

to mark with small spots especially unevenly
  • dirt that had specked the windows of the factory for ages
Synonyms of speck

blotch, dapple, dot, fleck, freckle, marble, mottle, pepper, speckle, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stipple
Words Related to speck

blot, dye, stain

band, bar, streak, stripe

intersperse, set, stud

bespatter, spatter

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