Synonyms of specks

specks 1 of 2

noun

plural of speck

1

as in flecks

a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part

a lizard with specks of white against a green body

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flecks
• dots
• blotches
• patches
• spots
• stains
• speckles
• smudges
• splotches
• mottles
• pips
• eyespots
• smears
• dapples
• points
• freckles
• moles
• splashes
• blobs
• blots
• birthmarks
• marks
• spatters
• polka dots
• smutches

2

as in splashes

a very small amount

not a speck of explanation to accompany the book's pictures

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashes
• glimmers
• sprinklings
• little
• hints
• bits
• touches
• particles
• flecks
• licks
• traces
• shadows
• dabs
• sparks
• streaks
• crumbs
• handfuls
• shades
• slivers
• rays
• spatters
• ounces
• bites
• shreds
• mites
• peanuts
• spots
• drams
• smells
• nips
• suspicions
• scruples
• driblets
• smacks
• drops
• smidgens
• strains
• pinches
• dashes
• soupçons
• grains
• parts
• molecules
• dots
• granules
• aces
• snaps
• drops in the bucket
• scintillas
• skoshes
• motes
• atoms
• patches
• fragments
• portions
• doses
• vestiges
• tastes
• flakes
• minima
• syllables
• flyspecks
• scraps
• semblances
• minims
• sections
• jots
• morsels
• nibbles
• shards
• whits
• nubbins
• chips
• splinters
• iotas
• smatterings
• scatterings
• hoots
• shavings
• tittles
• shivers
• modicums
• clippings
• tatters
• smatters
• smithereens
• parings
• shots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quantities
• masses
• piles
• mountains
• loads
• bushels
• barrels
• bundles
• heaps
• lots
• stacks
• buckets
• rafts
• abundances
• gobs
• pecks
• fistfuls
• wads
• reams
• deals
• messes
• scads
• boatloads
• volumes
• oodles
• wealths
• lashings
• much
• profusions
• surpluses
• excesses
• potfuls
• chunks
• plenties
• passels
• lumps
• overflows
• embarrassments
• slabs
• superfluities
• overages
• bonanzas
• hunks
• overmuch
• overabundances
• surfeits
• overkills
• oversupplies
• superabundances

3

as in particles

a very small piece

a speck of dust was preventing the laser from reading the disc

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flecks
• particles
• bits
• grains
• scraps
• patches
• crumbs
• snippets
• molecules
• mouthfuls
• slivers
• granules
• atoms
• motes
• bites
• fragments
• licks
• flyspecks
• drops
• nuggets
• morsels
• dribbles
• scruples
• snips
• nubbins
• traces
• streaks
• dashes
• whispers
• shards
• fractions
• portions
• parts
• tittles
• sections
• pinches
• flakes
• ounces
• touches
• shreds
• mites
• spots
• tastes
• nibbles
• nutshells
• dabs
• chips
• splinters
• minims
• suspicions
• halfpence
• driblets
• clippings
• tidbits
• strains
• smidgens
• whits
• shavings
• iotas
• jots
• kennings
• shivers
• smatters
• aces
• haets
• ha'pennies
• modicums
• parings
• smithereens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• chunks
• slabs
• lumps
• quantities
• masses
• mountains
• loads
• piles
• gobs
• hunks
• volumes
• bushels
• barrels
• pots
• heaps
• stacks
• buckets
• rafts
• abundances
• deals
• pecks
• wads
• scads
• profusions
• wealths

specks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of speck

as in sprinkles

to mark with small spots especially unevenly

dirt that had specked the windows of the factory for ages

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprinkles
• dots
• flecks
• stains
• spots
• mottles
• freckles
• speckles
• dyes
• peppers
• splotches
• blotches
• stripes
• marbles
• dapples
• stipples
• blots
• streaks
• shoots
• bars
• bands
• intersperses
• spatters
• studs
• sets
• bespatters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of specks

Noun

The source was generally in good condition, but mold spots and dense clusters of small white specks required careful treatment. — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Breakouts can look like milder, painless white bumps or dark specks known as whiteheads and blackheads, or more painful red bumps and deeper cysts — a mark of cystic acne. — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Calcium shows up as bright white specks on the coronary artery images. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026

Pulse a few times, until crumbs range in size from specks to peas. — Leah Eskin, Midwest Living, 14 Aug. 2026

Pay close attention to where leaves meet the stem, the underside of leaves, and within the petals for any movement or tiny specks. — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 4 Aug. 2026

The specks of dirt on the screen, that’s a byproduct of the process that Imax projectors use to advance the frames. — Chris Stanton, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026

Six months later, there was hope of reconciliation as sovereignty talks opened between the governments over the specks in the ocean that had been part of the British Empire for more than a century. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2026

Bellinger, once a babyface, now sports some light specks of gray. — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 15 July 2026