Synonyms for spatter
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Sprinkle — to distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around
sprinkle, dabble, dash, dab, crumb, flyspeck, asperge, speckle, pinch, mite, scrap, besprinkle dated
3. Stain — to injure by aspersion; to defame
stain, smear, spot, fleck, daub, blot, speck, muddy, blur, tarnish, malign, denigrate, befoul, bedaub, besmear, asperse, splotch, smudge, taint, blacken, smut, sully
4. Spit
Noun
1. Sputter
2. Splattering
3. Sprinkling
sprinkling, smattering, dot, particle, scintilla, smidge, modicum
Definitions
- v. 1
To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
- v. 2
To injure by aspersion; to defame.
- n. 1
A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
- n. 2
A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
There was what looked like a spatter of blood on one wall.
Related words
- Word family
- spatterdock spatterproof spatterware
Example sentences
- sprinkle Can you sprinkle crushed nuts on top of the cake?
- splash Splish-splash is an example of an ideophone.
- splatter He finds joy in splatter painting and the chaos it brings.
- smear Will I be tested for chlamydia during my smear test?
By length
- 3 letters
- dot1, dab1
- 4 letters
- spot1, dash1, spit1, blur1, mite1, blot1, smut1, daub1
- 5 letters
- scrap1, pinch1, stain1, muddy2, smear1, sully2, crumb1, speck1, taint1, spurt1, fleck1, swash, strew1, plash
- 6 letters
- splash1, smudge1, patter2, dabble2, malign2, smidge, splosh, befoul, bedaub
- 7 letters
- tarnish2, modicum3, speckle2, blacken2, sputter2, splotch, asperge, besmear, asperse
- 8 letters
- particle3, sprinkle2, splatter2, splutter, flyspeck
- 9 letters
- splashing2, denigrate3, scintilla3, bespatter
- 10 letters
- sprinkling2, sputtering3, smattering3, besprinkle
- 11 letters
- splattering3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (muddy2 = 2 syllables).