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sprinkle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sprinkle

1 a light or fine rain

  • decided it was not worth carrying an umbrella for just a sprinkle
Synonyms of sprinkle

drizzle, mist, mizzle
Words Related to sprinkle

precipitation, rainfall, shower
Near Antonyms of sprinkle

cloudburst, deluge, downpour, storm

rainstorm, thunderstorm

monsoon

2 a small number

  • received only a sprinkle of suggestions for the name of the school mascot
Synonyms of sprinkle

couple, few, handful, scatter, scattering, smatter, smattering, sprinkling
Words Related to sprinkle

minority

atom, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, particle, scrap, shred, tittle, whit
Near Antonyms of sprinkle

majority, most

abundance, excess, plenty, surplus

deal, gobs, heap, lot, mass, much, peck, pile, plenitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, slather, slew, stack, wad, wealth
Antonyms of sprinkle

army, crowd, flock, gazillion, horde, host, jillion, kazillion, legion, loads, many, mountain, multitude, oodles, scads, thousands, zillion

sprinkle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sprinkle

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

  • sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water
Synonyms of sprinkle

bestrew, dot, pepper, scatter, sow, spot, spray, strew
Words Related to sprinkle

blanket, drizzle, dust

stud

dapple, fleck, speckle, stipple

bespatter, spatter

2 to mark with small spots especially unevenly

  • sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut
Synonyms of sprinkle

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

blot, dye, stain

band, bar, streak, stripe

intersperse, set, stud

bespatter, spatter

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