Synonyms for splatter
- noun
- verb
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.
He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.
- v. 1
To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over.
- v. 2
To cause (something) to splatter.
He splattered paint onto the wall.
Related words
- Word family
- splatterfest splatterproof
- Phrases
- splatter platter
Forms
- Plural
- splatters → spatters, spatterings, blots, splutters…
- Past participle
- splattered
e.g. splattered → splashed, swashed, sploshed, plashed…
Example sentences
- spatter There was blood spatter everywhere in the room.
- dab Kansas is smack dab in the middle of the US.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| splatter | rising | |
| sputtering | steady | |
| spatter | steady | |
| spattering | rising | |
| splutter | rising | |
| dab | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- dab1
- 4 letters
- blot1, slop1
- 5 letters
- spill1, swash, plash
- 6 letters
- splash1, splosh
- 7 letters
- spatter2, sputter2
- 8 letters
- splutter
- 10 letters
- sputtering3, spattering3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (spatter2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- éclaboussure
- Deutsch
- Spritzer