Synonyms for stipple

Synonyms for (verb) stipple

Synonyms: speckle, stipple

Definition: produce a mottled effect

Usage: The sunlight stippled the trees

Similar words: dapple, mottle, cloud

Definition: colour with streaks or blotches of different shades


Synonyms: stipple

Definition: apply (paint) in small dots or strokes

Similar words: paint

Definition: make a painting

Usage: he painted all day in the garden; He painted a painting of the garden


Synonyms: stipple

Definition: make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink

Similar words: paint

Definition: make a painting

Usage: he painted all day in the garden; He painted a painting of the garden


Synonyms: stipple

Definition: engrave by means of dots and flicks

Similar words: etch, engrave

Definition: carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block

Usage: engrave a letter


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