Synonyms for sprinkling
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Smattering — A small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on…
smattering, dash, touch, dusting, hint, tinge, spatter, spice, thought, taste, lick, trace, tincture, smack, vestige, spark, scintilla, strain, dab, modicum, whiff, speck
2. Spread — A scattering
Other
scattering, irrigation, sparge, affusion, aspersion dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to something.
- n. 2
A light shower of rain.
- n. 3
A scattering.
Related words
- Phrases
- sprinkling can
Forms
- Plural
- sprinklings → smatterings, dashes, touches, dustings…
Example sentences
- hint Tom gets angry at the slightest hint of criticism.
- dusting Could you help with the dusting this weekend?
- tinge I feel a tinge of sadness taking all over my mind.
- smattering Yanni spoke Arabic with a smattering of Berber.
- scattering The farmers were scattering seed on the fields.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sprinkling | steady | |
| hint | rising | |
| dusting | steady | |
| tinge | steady | |
| smattering | rising | |
| scattering | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- dab1
- 4 letters
- hint1, dash1, lick1
- 5 letters
- touch1, taste1, trace1, spark1, spice1, smack1, flirt1, whiff1, speck1, tinge1, skiff1
- 6 letters
- spread1, strain1, sparge
- 7 letters
- thought1, dusting2, modicum3, vestige2, spatter2
- 8 letters
- tincture2, strewing, affusion
- 9 letters
- diffusion3, scintilla3, aspersion3
- 10 letters
- irrigation4, scattering3, dispersion3, smattering3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dusting2 = 2 syllables).