Definition for Smattering:

• A slight, superficial knowledge of something; sciolism.

Synonyms for Smattering:

• adj.

  •handful (adjective)
  • more smattering,
  • most smattering,
  • more sprinkling,
  • more spattering,
  • most sprinkling,
  • most spattering.

• n.

  •
  • a little,
  • bit,
  • piece,
  • sample,
  • a bit,
  • smatter,
  • taster,
  • trace,
  • introduction,
  • some half-truths,
  • fragment,
  • fraction.
  •cognition (noun)
  • smattering.
  •fewness (noun)
  • dearth,
  • minimum,
  • insufficiency,
  • fewness,
  • scarcity,
  • paucity.
  •hint (noun)
  • inference,
  • adumbration,
  • tipoff,
  • glimmerings,
  • whiff,
  • tinge,
  • in formation,
  • flea in ear,
  • word to wise,
  • tip off,
  • telltales.
  •small amount (noun)
  • elements,
  • basics,
  • smidgen,
  • little,
  • smidge,
  • modicum,
  • rudiments,
  • tad.
  •sprinkling (noun)
  • severals,
  • powderings.
  •tinge (noun)
  • NIBS,
  • nib.
  •touch (noun)
  • small amount,
  • small amounts.

• pron.

  •few (pronoun)
  • several,
  • some,
  • not many,
  • not too many,
  • slim pickings,
  • small number,
  • few.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • handful.
  •n.
  • hint,
  • sprinkling,
  • touch,
  • FEWS,
  • handfuls,
  • snatch,
  • Scatterings.

Antonyms for Smattering:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    excess, thousands, much, wad, horde, lot, many, mountain, loads, legion, plenitude, raft, host, wealth, REAMS, surplus, slather, abundance, scads, mass, pile, oodles, peck, crowd, zillion, plenty, profusion, deal, stack, multitude, gazillion, slew, majority, most, gobs, army, quantity, flock, heap.

Smattering Sentence Examples:

• He began by relating the different kinds of business he had engaged in while a young man; but he was unable to mention a single thing that I hadn't embarked in and of which I could show up a smattering of knowledge.

• She had, indeed, a very slight smattering of that language - of which more hereafter - but " Noble heroine" was not at that time in her vocabulary!

Homophones for Smattering:

• semitrance, signet ring, smothering, squandering, smithereens, saint irenaeus, sanitariness.

Hyponym for Smattering:

• n.

  • cognition
    apprehension, understanding, savvy, discernment.