What is another word for smatterings?

Pronunciation: [smˈatəɹɪŋz] (IPA)

Smatterings refer to small amounts or traces of something. Synonyms for this include driblets, sprinklings, bits, scraps, specks, snippets, modicum, trace, hint, suggestion, and tad. The word smatterings is usually used to describe a small quantity of knowledge or information regarding a specific subject. Some other synonyms for smatterings in this context are: a smidgeon, a pinch, a fragment, a morsel, a drop, a scintilla, and a dash. These words can be interchanged depending on the context, but they all refer to the idea of a small or partial amount of something.

What are the hypernyms for Smatterings?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Smatterings

I saw how it was; she took his silences for intellectual meditation, his gallery, his library, his smatterings for expressions of a cultivated personality.
"The Fighting Chance"
Robert W. Chambers
No, no; I may pick up a few smatterings, or I may not, but there is one thing certain: I mean to make a friend of you, Ruth-yes, a great big bosom friend.
"The Rebel of the School"
Mrs. L. T. Meade
But I shall only have smatterings of things at this rate!
"Stray Thoughts for Girls"
Lucy H. M. Soulsby

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