Synonyms for sprinkle
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes.
- v. 2
To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar.
- v. 3
To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
It sprinkled outside all day long.
- n. 1
A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.
Related words
- Word family
- sprinkler
- Phrases
- holy-water sprinkle
Example sentences
- dust Dust had accumulated on my desk during my absence.
- scatter A gunshot went off, causing the jackals to scatter.
- disperse The police hurried to disperse the riots with force.
- spit In Singapore, it is a crime to spit on the ground.
- spatter There was blood spatter everywhere in the room.
By length
- 3 letters
- wet1, dot1, dab1, jot1
- 4 letters
- spot1, rain1, dust1, dash1, spit1, mite1, sift1, blot1, iota3
- 5 letters
- jimmy2, pinch1, speck1, crumb1, fleck1, strew1, bedew
- 6 letters
- splash1, patter2, dabble2, smidge, splosh, sparge
- 7 letters
- scatter2, drizzle2, modicum3, spatter2, speckle2, asperse
- 8 letters
- particle3, disperse2, flyspeck
- 10 letters
- scattering3, besprinkle
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (iota3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- saupoudrer
- Español
- espolvorear
- Català
- salpebrar