Synonyms of sowed

sowed

verb

past tense of sow

1

as in sprayed

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

sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprayed
• sprinkled
• dotted
• peppered
• strewed
• scattered
• spotted
• dusted
• bestrewed
• drizzled
• studded
• flecked
• blanketed
• speckled
• dappled
• spattered
• stippled
• bespattered

2

as in planted

to put or set into the ground to grow

first sow the seeds in potting soil

Synonyms & Similar Words

• planted
• seeded
• put in
• drilled
• replanted
• scattered
• transplanted
• bedded
• broadcasted
• potted
• broadcast
• reseeded
• overseeded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gathered
• harvested
• reaped

3

as in bred

to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set

a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• planted
• bred
• rooted
• implanted
• embedded
• lodged
• inculcated
• instilled
• inseminated
• drove
• enrooted
• infixed
• pounded
• invested
• imbedded
• inoculated
• hammered
• entrenched
• imbued
• infused
• steeped
• intrenched
• suffused
• engrained
• fixed
• ingrained

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of sowed

In addition to clarifying that New York’s ban applied to all non-cloth bags containing plastic, Judge Connolly also ordered the state to cover plaintiffs’ court costs on account of the confusion sowed by regulators’ incorrect instructions. —Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024

These Hezbollah rockets drove over 60,000 Israelis from their homes in northern towns and villages and sowed the seeds for the current conflict in Lebanon and attacks between Israel and Hezbollah patron Iran, which threaten to overshadow the Israel-Hamas war itself. —Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2024

The results suggest that catastrophe sowed the ground for new relationships to emerge among surviving species. —Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024