Synonyms of streaks

streaks 1 of 2

noun

plural of streak

1

as in stripes

a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background

the flower has white petals with red streaks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stripes
• bands
• blazes
• bars
• pinstripes
• crossbars

2

as in specks

a very small amount

there's just a streak of stubbornness in that child

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

streaks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of streak

as in bars

to make stripes on

light from the setting sun streaked the clouds in brilliant bands of pink and orange

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stripes
• bars
• bands
• blazes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of streaks

Noun

The Zapata brothers, jovial and welcoming, both had thick, curly black hair with streaks of gray. — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Those streaks — winning the West and owning a winning division record — ended last year. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

Nacer is quite good at variations of patriarchal obliviousness, and Pebdani suffuses her women with streaks of guilt. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026

Remove bowl from mixer and gently fold in 1½ cups (187 g) all-purpose flour with a rubber spatula, scraping down sides and bottom of bowl, until no large, dry streaks of flour remain. — Tanya Bush, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026

Keller started 5-0 in 2021, 2022, and 2023, but each time ran into Southlake Carroll to end the streaks. — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026

Even as pressure from Treasury yields eased, the three major indexes still snapped their winning streaks in Wednesday's session. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

Instead, after the New York Giants returned an interception in the final seconds to seal a 36-24 victory, one of the league’s most ignominious streaks grew. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026

The intersection was littered with burning car parts, streaks of blood stained the asphalt, and black smoke filled the sky. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Verb

When an Arietid streaks across the daytime sky, the ionized trail will bounce distant signals right into the antenna, resulting in an eerie short burst of music or voice breaking through the static. — Jules-Pierre Malartre, Space.com, 8 June 2026

At four thirty, pink streaks the sky, like the time mama stepped on the brakes too fast at an intersection and the tires scraped the road black. — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026

The black-and-white security video shows a figure approaching a runway and starting to cross it, seemingly at walking pace, when the aircraft streaks into view. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 10 May 2026

Up ahead, 22-year-old Frenchman Paul Magnier streaks clear for his first Grand Tour stage victory. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 May 2026

Penn streaks up the court and sinks both free throws after Lee fouls the shooter. — Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 30 Nov. 2025

The formula is also waterproof, so those unpredictable winter flurries won’t cause any unsightly streaks down your cheeks. — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025