dappled

The word “dappled” has 2 syllables: dap-pled

It's pronounced as /ˈdæpəld/


What is synonym and antonym for dappled?

In the thesaurus, “dappled” has 60 synonyms and 7 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for dappled along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for dappled

  • banded
  • barred
  • bespattered
  • blotched
  • blotchy
  • blotted
  • brindle
  • brindled
  • calico
  • checkered
  • chromatic
  • colored
  • colorful
  • discolored
  • dotted
  • dyed
  • flecked
  • freckled
  • interspersed
  • marbled
  • marked
  • moire
  • motley
  • mottled
  • multicolor
  • multicolored
  • multihued
  • parti-colored
  • peppered
  • piebald
  • pied
  • pigmented
  • pinto
  • polychromatic
  • polychrome
  • prismatic
  • rainbow
  • roan
  • set
  • shaded
  • shot
  • spangled
  • spattered
  • specked
  • speckled
  • splotched
  • splotchy
  • spotted
  • spotty
  • sprinkled
  • stained
  • stippled
  • streaked
  • striped
  • studded
  • varicolored
  • variegated
  • veined
  • versicolor
  • versicolored

Antonyms for dappled

  • monochromatic
  • monochrome
  • monochromic
  • solid
  • uncolored
  • unflecked
  • unspotted

Meanings of dappled

  • verb
    1. To mark or become marked with mottling or spots.
  • adjective
    1. Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.

Example Sentences

  • The dappled sunlight filtered through the trees, creating a mesmerizing pattern on the forest floor.
  • As the horse trotted through the meadow, its coat caught the dappled reflections of the morning sun.
  • She sat beneath the dappled shade of the old oak tree, enjoying the gentle breeze and rustling leaves.
  • The stream meandered through the dappled glen, its clear waters shimmering in the afternoon light.
  • The artist captured the essence of the countryside with his painting of a dappled field under a blue sky.

On this page you'll find 67 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dappled, such as: banded, barred, bespattered, blotched, blotchy, blotted, brindle.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

variegated

  • assorted
  • banded
  • barred
  • bepainted
  • bichrome
  • bicolor
  • bicolored
  • blotched
  • blotchy
  • brave
  • bright
  • brightened
  • brilliant
  • brindle
  • brindled
  • changeable
  • checkered
  • chromatic
  • colored
  • colorful
  • dapple
  • dappled
  • darkened
  • daubed
  • dichromatic
  • diverse
  • dotted
  • dyed
  • embrowned
  • flashy
  • flecked
  • freckled
  • garish
  • gaudy
  • gay
  • iridescent
  • kaleidoscopic
  • lightened
  • loud
  • marbled
  • mixed
  • moire
  • motley
  • mottled
  • multicolor
  • multicolored
  • multihued
  • opalescent
  • painted
  • parti-color
  • parti-colored
  • particolored
  • patched
  • patterned
  • piebald
  • pied
  • pigmented
  • pinto
  • plaid
  • plaided
  • polychromatic
  • polychrome
  • polychromed
  • prismatic
  • rainbow
  • roan
  • showy
  • spangled
  • specked
  • speckled
  • splashy
  • splotchy
  • spotted
  • spotty
  • stained
  • stippled
  • streaked
  • striated
  • striped
  • tinctured
  • tinged
  • tinted
  • trichromatic
  • tricolor
  • tricolored
  • two-tone
  • two-toned
  • varicolored
  • varied
  • various
  • veined
  • versicolor
  • vibrant

kaleidoscopic

  • banded
  • barred
  • bichrome
  • bicolor
  • bicolored
  • brave
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • brindle
  • brindled
  • checkered
  • chromatic
  • colored
  • colorful
  • dapple
  • dappled
  • dichromatic
  • dotted
  • flashy
  • flecked
  • garish
  • gaudy
  • gay
  • iridescent
  • loud
  • many-colored
  • marbled
  • motley
  • mottled
  • multicolor
  • multicolored
  • multihued
  • opalescent
  • parti-color
  • parti-colored
  • particolored
  • patterned
  • piebald
  • pied
  • pinto
  • plaid
  • plaided
  • polychromatic
  • polychrome
  • prismatic
  • psychedelic
  • rainbow
  • showy
  • specked
  • speckled
  • splashy
  • spotted
  • streaked
  • striated
  • striped
  • trichromatic
  • tricolor
  • tricolored
  • two-tone
  • two-toned
  • varicolored
  • varied
  • variegated
  • various
  • vibrant

varied

  • altered
  • alternated
  • amalgamated
  • assorted
  • banded
  • barred
  • bettered
  • bichrome
  • bicolor
  • bicolored
  • blended
  • brave
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • brindle
  • brindled
  • changed
  • chaotic
  • checkered
  • chromatic
  • cluttered
  • colored
  • colorful
  • combined
  • commingled
  • commixed
  • commuted
  • composite
  • confused
  • conglomerate
  • conglomerated
  • contrasted
  • converted
  • dapple
  • dappled
  • deformed
  • deteriorated
  • deviated
  • dichromatic
  • differed
  • disarranged
  • disarrayed
  • discrete
  • disheveled
  • dishevelled
  • disordered
  • disparate
  • diverged
  • divergent
  • diverse
  • divided
  • dotted
  • eclectic
  • exchanged
  • extended
  • farraginous
  • flashy
  • flecked
  • fluctuated
  • fused
  • garish
  • gaudy
  • gay
  • heterogeneous
  • hybrid
  • improved
  • incorporated
  • indiscriminate
  • intermingled
  • intermixed
  • iridescent
  • jumbled
  • kaleidoscopic
  • kitchen-sink
  • littered
  • loud
  • made over
  • magpie
  • manifold
  • marbled
  • merged
  • messed
  • messy
  • metamorphosed
  • mingled
  • miscellaneous
  • mixed
  • modified
  • morphed
  • motley
  • mottled
  • moved
  • muddled
  • multicolored
  • multifarious
  • multihued
  • multiple
  • multiplex
  • mutated
  • myriad
  • opalescent
  • parti-color
  • parti-colored
  • patchwork
  • patterned
  • piebald
  • pied
  • pinto
  • plaid
  • plaided
  • polychromatic
  • polychrome
  • prismatic
  • promiscuous
  • raggle-taggle
  • ragtag
  • rainbow
  • ran
  • ranged
  • reached
  • recast
  • redid
  • refashioned
  • regenerated
  • rejiggered
  • remade
  • remodeled
  • retooled
  • revamped
  • revised
  • revolutionized
  • reworked
  • run
  • seesawed
  • separate
  • separated
  • shifted
  • showy
  • snapped
  • specked
  • speckled
  • splashy
  • spotted
  • streaked
  • stretched
  • striated
  • striped
  • sundry
  • swept
  • teetered
  • transfigured
  • transformed
  • transmuted
  • trichromatic
  • tricolor
  • tricolored
  • turned around
  • two-tone
  • two-toned
  • unclassified
  • unsorted
  • vacillated
  • varicolored
  • variegated
  • various
  • vibrant
  • wavered
  • went
  • worsened

various

  • all manner of
  • assorted
  • banded
  • barred
  • bichrome
  • bicolor
  • bicolored
  • brave
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • brindle
  • brindled
  • changeable
  • changing
  • checkered
  • chromatic
  • colored
  • colorful
  • dapple
  • dappled
  • dichromatic
  • different
  • discrete
  • disparate
  • distinct
  • distinctive
  • diverse
  • diversified
  • dotted
  • flashy
  • flecked
  • garish
  • gaudy
  • gay
  • heterogeneous
  • individual
  • iridescent
  • kaleidoscopic
  • legion
  • loud
  • manifold
  • many
  • many-sided
  • marbled
  • motley
  • mottled
  • multicolored
  • multifarious
  • multihued
  • multitudinal
  • multitudinous
  • numerous
  • omnifarious
  • opalescent
  • parti-color
  • parti-colored
  • patterned
  • peculiar
  • piebald
  • pied
  • pinto
  • plaid
  • plaided
  • polychromatic
  • polychrome
  • populous
  • prismatic
  • rainbow
  • separate
  • several
  • showy
  • specked
  • speckled
  • splashy
  • spotted
  • streaked
  • striated
  • striped
  • sundry
  • trichromatic
  • tricolor
  • tricolored
  • two-tone
  • two-toned
  • unalike
  • unequal
  • unlike
  • variant
  • varicolored
  • varied
  • variegated
  • vibrant

maculate

  • abuse
  • adulterate
  • adulterated
  • alloyed
  • bedraggle
  • befoul
  • befouled
  • begrime
  • begrimed
  • bemired
  • besmirch
  • besmirched
  • bespatter
  • bespeckle
  • besprinkle
  • blended
  • blot
  • blotch
  • blotchy
  • cheapened
  • checkered
  • coalesced
  • combined
  • commingled
  • compounded
  • contaminate
  • contaminated
  • corrupted
  • crumb
  • dapple
  • dappled
  • debase
  • debased
  • defile
  • defiled
  • deflower
  • degrade
  • desecrate
  • dilute
  • diluted
  • dirtied
  • dirty
  • discolor
  • disgrace
  • dishonor
  • doctored
  • dot
  • dust
  • fleck
  • flecked
  • foul
  • fouled
  • freckled
  • grime
  • hurt
  • impure
  • incorporated
  • intermingled
  • intermixed
  • make foul
  • marble
  • marbled
  • merged
  • mess
  • mess up
  • mingled
  • mixed
  • molest
  • motley
  • mottle
  • muck
  • muck up
  • muddy
  • muss
  • muss up
  • pepper
  • piebald
  • pied
  • pimple
  • pollute
  • polluted
  • profane
  • rape
  • ravish
  • scuzz up
  • seduce
  • shame
  • skewbald
  • smear
  • smudge
  • soil
  • soiled
  • spatter
  • speck
  • speckle
  • splash
  • splotch
  • spoil
  • spoiled
  • spot
  • spotted
  • stain
  • stipple
  • streak
  • streaked
  • stripe
  • stud
  • sullied
  • sully
  • tabby
  • taint
  • tainted
  • tar
  • tarnish
  • thinned
  • trash
  • unclarified
  • unfiltered
  • unrefined
  • variegate
  • variegated
  • vitiate
  • weakened

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