He thought of himself as a speck of dust in an immensely vast universe.
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Speck
//spɛk//
Synonyms for "speck" (311 found)
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Closest matches (63)
Strong matches (93)
discolorationdoledotdottednessdramdredgedribbledribletdropdropletdustdwarfearmarkengraveengravingeyesorefarthingflakefleckflick
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flourflyspeckforeign bodyforeign intruderfragmentfrecklefrecklinessgashgnatgobbetgraingranulegravinggroathackhairhandfulharlequinhatchhintimpressimprintimpurityintruderiotairisjotlentigolinelittlelittle bitlotamaculamaculatemaculationmaculemake a markmarblemarbleizemarkmark offmark outmarkingmicrobemicroorganismmidgeminimminimumminutiaminutiaemisfitmitemodicummolemoleculemonkey wrench
Related words (155)
Noun(48 words)
motemotleymottlemottlednessnevusnicknotchnutshelloddballounceparticlepatchpebblepencilpepperpinchpinheadpinpointpittancepoint
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pointillagepointillismpolka dotpolychromepolychromizepowderprickprintpunchpunctuatepuncturerainbowriddlescarscarificationscarifyscorescotchscrapscratchscratchingscruplesealseamshadesliversmearsmidgensmidginsmirchsmitchsmouchsmudgesmutsmutchsnipsnippetspanglespatterspecklespecklinesssplashsplattersplintersplotchspoonfulspotspottednessspottinesssprinklestainstampstigmastigmatizestipplestipplednessstipplingstonestrawberry markstreakstriatestripestudsuggestionsuspiciontainttarnishtattootattoo marktessellatethimblefulticktick offtingetiny bittittletracetrifling amounttriviaunderlineunderscorevanishing pointvariegateveinwatermarkweedwhit
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11 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
Translations
54 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- петънце noun (tiny spot)
- тлъстина noun (fat, lard)
- частица noun (small thing)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 斑點 /斑点 noun (tiny spot)
Czech
4 entries- skvrnka noun (tiny spot)
- smítko noun (tiny spot)
- tečka noun (tiny spot)
- zrnko noun (small thing)
Dutch
2 entries- stip noun (tiny spot)
- vlek de noun (tiny spot)
Estonian
4 entries- kübe noun (tiny spot)
- pekk noun (fat, lard)
- rasv noun (fat, lard)
- täpp noun (tiny spot)
Finnish
4 entries- hitunen noun (small thing)
- hiukkanen noun (small thing)
- ihra noun (fat, lard)
- läski noun (fat, lard)
French
1 entries- point noun (tiny spot)
Galician
3 entries- argueiro noun (small thing)
- lixo noun (tiny spot)
- lixo noun (small thing)
German
1 entries- Fleck noun (tiny spot)
Irish
2 entries- cáithnín noun (tiny spot)
- cáithnín noun (small thing)
Italian
4 entries- grasso noun (fat, lard)
- lardo noun (fat, lard)
- macchiolina noun (tiny spot)
- speck noun (juniper-flavoured ham)
Japanese
1 entries- 斑点 noun (tiny spot)
Korean
1 entries- 얼룩 noun (tiny spot)
Latin
2 entries- macula noun (tiny spot)
- spectile noun (juniper-flavoured ham)
Māori
3 entries- kora noun (tiny spot)
- ngata noun (tiny spot)
- tongi noun (tiny spot)
Persian
2 entries- کوچولو noun (small thing)
- کَمَکْ noun (small thing)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Plak noun (tiny spot)
Portuguese
1 entries- pontinho noun (tiny spot)
Russian
3 entries- пылинка noun (tiny spot)
- пятнышко noun (tiny spot)
- сало noun (fat, lard)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कण noun (small thing)
Spanish
1 entries- mota noun (tiny spot)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The room is empty apart from the speck of dust floating in the air.
Source: tatoeba (1829588)
There wasn't even a speck of dust on the table.
Source: tatoeba (2094445)
There was not a weed left in the yard, nor a speck of dust on the floors, nor a single black grain or wild pea in the wheat.
Source: tatoeba (3758764)
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