sprinkle | Definition of sprinkle

sprinkle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sprinkle

1 to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on

sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water

Synonyms of sprinkle

bestrew, dot, pepper, scatter, sow, spot, spray, strew

Words Related to sprinkle

blanket, drizzle, dust

dapple, fleck, speckle, stipple

bespatter, spatter

2 to mark with small spots especially unevenly

sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut

Synonyms of sprinkle

blotch, dapple, dot, fleck, freckle, marble, mottle, pepper, shoot, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, stipple

Words Related to sprinkle

blot, dye, stain

band, bar, streak, stripe

intersperse, set, stud

bespatter, spatter