Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spatter
3 senses of spatter
Sense 1
spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash -- (dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water")
=> scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse -- (distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon")
Sense 2
sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter -- (rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick")
=> rain, rain down -- (precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding")
Sense 3
spatter, bespatter -- (spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food")
=> spot, fleck, blob, blot -- (make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth")
Antonyms of adj spattered
1 sense of spattered
Sense 1
dabbled, spattered, splashed, splattered -- (covered with bright patches (often used in combination); "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room"; "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered with grease")
INDIRECT (VIA covered) -> bare -- (lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill"; "bare feet")
Similarity of adj spattered
1 sense of spattered
Sense 1
dabbled, spattered, splashed, splattered -- (covered with bright patches (often used in combination); "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room"; "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered with grease")
=> covered (vs. bare) -- (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony")