Synonyms of sprinkling

sprinkling 1 of 3

noun

ˈspriŋ-kliŋ 

1

as in handful

a small number

a sprinkling of fans showed up at the airport

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handful
• couple
• few
• sprinkle
• smattering
• scattering
• scatter
• smatter
• minority
• modicum
• grain
• fragment
• whit
• shred
• molecule
• particle
• iota
• atom
• jot
• tittle
• crumb
• scrap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loads
• many
• thousands
• multitude
• mountain
• flock
• most
• army
• crowd
• host
• horde
• majority
• legion
• excess
• scads
• oodles
• plenty
• abundance
• surplus
• gazillion
• zillion
• quantity
• pile
• jillion
• lot
• mass
• heap
• wealth
• kazillion
• pot
• stack
• profusion
• slew
• raft
• deal
• reams
• peck
• plenitude
• wad
• gobs
• slather
• much

2

as in splash

a very small amount

just a sprinkling of experience with the computer program

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splash
• glimmer
• hint
• shred
• speck
• bit
• little
• touch
• lick
• handful
• tad
• dab
• particle
• spark
• trace
• smidgen
• spatter
• pinch
• ounce
• fleck
• sliver
• smack
• suspicion
• crumb
• dash
• peanuts
• ray
• streak
• smell
• soupçon
• dram
• scintilla
• shade
• dose
• scruple
• minimum
• mite
• drop in the bucket
• portion
• drop
• spot
• strain
• grain
• nip
• bite
• ace
• skosh
• shadow
• modicum
• taste
• smattering
• whit
• driblet
• scattering
• part
• snap
• semblance
• dot
• mote
• granule
• molecule
• nibble
• patch
• section
• syllable
• minim
• jot
• iota
• vestige
• fragment
• tittle
• scrap
• morsel
• atom
• hoot
• flake
• flyspeck
• smatter
• splinter
• shiver
• clipping
• shard
• shaving
• nubbin
• chip
• smithereens
• paring
• tatter
• shot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loads
• quantity
• pile
• plenty
• abundance
• lot
• mass
• mountain
• wealth
• bucket
• heaps
• stack
• fistful
• bundle
• profusion
• deal
• raft
• mess
• bushel
• barrel
• reams
• volume
• peck
• wad
• excess
• lashings
• gobs
• boatload
• surplus
• scads
• oodles
• passel
• overflow
• potful
• embarrassment
• overabundance
• surfeit
• much
• superfluity
• superabundance
• slab
• bonanza
• chunk
• oversupply
• overage
• lump
• hunk
• overkill
• overmuch

sprinkling

2 of 3

adjective

as in drizzling

Related Words

• drizzling
• spitting
• drippy
• drizzly
• pouring
• misty
• mizzly
• precipitating
• rainy
• wet
• stormy

Dissimilar Words

• dry

sprinkling

3 of 3

verb

present participle of sprinkle

1

as in spraying

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

sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spraying
• dotting
• peppering
• scattering
• strewing
• dusting
• spotting
• sowing
• drizzling
• bestrewing
• studding
• flecking
• speckling
• dappling
• blanketing
• spattering
• stippling
• bespattering

2

as in dotting

to mark with small spots especially unevenly

sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dotting
• peppering
• staining
• flecking
• spotting
• dappling
• dyeing
• speckling
• blotching
• mottling
• stippling
• specking
• splotching
• striping
• freckling
• shooting
• blotting
• marbling
• interspersing
• streaking
• spattering
• barring
• studding
• banding
• setting
• bespattering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sprinkling

Noun

The rice and vegetables soak up the sweet soy sauce mixture and are accented with a sprinkling of green onions. — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 July 2026

On Friday, a sprinkling of red Portugal jerseys dotted the ocean of yellow worn in support of Colombia and Ghana for a 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 32 match at Kansas City (Arrowhead) Stadium. — Pj Green july 4, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026

Verb

Then, to complete the deep clean, Lane suggests, sprinkling baking soda on the bottom of the dishwasher and running a second hot cycle with no detergent. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 6 July 2026

Teammates see someone more settled in his new surroundings, even sprinkling in some English comebacks to their jokes. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 July 2026