Synonyms of sprinkles

sprinkles 1 of 2

noun

plural of sprinkle

1

as in rainfalls

a light or fine rain

decided it was not worth carrying an umbrella for just a sprinkle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rainfalls
• precipitations
• drizzles
• mists
• showers
• mizzles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• storms
• downpours
• thunderstorms
• rainstorms
• cloudbursts
• deluges
• monsoons

2

as in handfuls

a small number

received only a sprinkle of suggestions for the name of the school mascot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handfuls
• couples
• scatters
• sprinklings
• smatterings
• scatterings
• fews
• handsful
• smatters
• minorities
• fragments
• molecules
• atoms
• shreds
• particles
• grains
• crumbs
• jots
• scraps
• whits
• iotas
• modicums
• tittles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loads
• many
• thousands
• mountains
• hordes
• multitudes
• armies
• crowds
• oodles
• flocks
• hosts
• scads
• legions
• zillions
• gazillions
• majorities
• excesses
• abundances
• quantities
• surpluses
• jillions
• piles
• masses
• lots
• kazillions
• gobs
• heaps
• pots
• stacks
• rafts
• pecks
• reams
• deals
• mosts
• wads
• plenties
• slathers
• much
• profusions
• wealths
• slews
• plenitudes

sprinkles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sprinkle

1

as in sprays

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

sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprays
• dots
• peppers
• strews
• scatters
• spots
• drizzles
• dusts
• bestrews
• sows
• flecks
• blankets
• studs
• dapples
• speckles
• spatters
• stipples
• bespatters

2

as in dots

to mark with small spots especially unevenly

sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dots
• flecks
• stains
• peppers
• dyes
• spots
• specks
• freckles
• stripes
• marbles
• speckles
• mottles
• splotches
• dapples
• blotches
• stipples
• blots
• streaks
• shoots
• intersperses
• bars
• studs
• spatters
• bands
• sets
• bespatters