Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb splash

7 senses of splash

Sense 1
sprinkle, splash, splosh -- (cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her")
       => scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse -- (distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon")

Sense 2
squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop -- (walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow")
       => slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp -- (walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone")

Sense 3
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 4
splash -- (mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The mountain was splashed with snow")
       => overlay, cover -- (put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy")

Sense 5
splash, splosh, slosh, slush -- (make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor")
       => sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")

Sense 6
splash -- (soil or stain with a splashed liquid)
       => dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire -- (make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!")

Sense 7
splash -- (strike and dash about in a liquid; "The boys splashed around in the pool")

Antonyms of adj splashed

2 senses of splashed

Sense 1
splashed -- ((of a fluid) having been propelled about in flying drops or masses; "with clothes wet by splashed water")

INDIRECT (VIA distributed) -> concentrated -- (gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore")

Sense 2
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 splashed

2 senses of splashed

Sense 1
splashed -- ((of a fluid) having been propelled about in flying drops or masses; "with clothes wet by splashed water")
       => distributed (vs. concentrated) -- (spread out or scattered about or divided up)

Sense 2
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")

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