Synonyms of sown

sown

verb

variants or sowed

past participle of sow

1

as in sprayed

to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on

sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprayed
• sprinkled
• strewn
• peppered
• dotted
• strewed
• scattered
• bestrewn
• spotted
• bestrewed
• dusted
• studded
• drizzled
• blanketed
• flecked
• speckled
• dappled
• stippled
• spattered
• bespattered

2

as in planted

to put or set into the ground to grow

first sow the seeds in potting soil

Synonyms & Similar Words

• planted
• seeded
• put in
• drilled
• replanted
• transplanted
• scattered
• bedded
• broadcasted
• potted
• broadcast
• reseeded
• overseeded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• harvested
• gathered
• reaped

3

as in bred

to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set

a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• planted
• bred
• rooted
• implanted
• driven
• inculcated
• lodged
• pounded
• instilled
• inseminated
• embedded
• enrooted
• infixed
• imbedded
• hammered
• inoculated
• entrenched
• infused
• imbued
• suffused
• intrenched
• steeped
• invested
• fixed
• engrained
• ingrained

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of sown

The results suggest that catastrophe sowed the ground for new relationships to emerge among surviving species. —Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024