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streak

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of streak

1 a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background
  • The flower has white petals with red streaks.
Synonyms of streak

band, bar, stripe
Words Related to streak

blaze, crossbar, pinstripe
2 a very small amount
  • There's just a streak of stubbornness in that child.
Synonyms of streak

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

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 streak

drop in the bucket
Near Antonyms of streak

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

streak

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of streak

to make stripes on
  • Light from the setting sun streaked the clouds in brilliant bands of pink and orange.
Synonyms of streak

band, bar, stripe
Words Related to streak

blaze

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