Synonyms for sow
soʊsow

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1. sow

   We set or set out slips, cuttings, young trees, etc., tho we may also be said to plant them; we plant corn, potatoes, etc., which we put in definite places, as in hills, with some care; we sow wheat or other small grains and seeds which are scattered in the process. Tho by modern agricultural machinery the smaller grains are almost as precisely planted as corn, the old word for broadcast scattering is retained. Land is seeded or seeded down to grass.

   Synonyms:
   plant, seed, seed down, set, set out

   Antonyms:
   eradicate, extirpate, root up, uproot, weed out

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1. sowverb

   Synonyms:
   scatter, disseminate, plant, strew

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 4 votes

1. sowverb

   an adult female hog

2. sow, seedverb

   place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

   "She sowed sunflower seeds"

   Synonyms:
   inseminate, sow in, seed

3. sowverb

   introduce into an environment

   "sow suspicion or beliefs"

   Synonyms:
   inseminate, sow in, seed

4. inseminate, sow, sow inverb

   place seeds in or on (the ground)

   "sow the ground with sunflower seeds"

   Synonyms:
   inseminate, fecundate, sow in, seed, fertilise, fertilize

Matched Categories

1. • Agriculture
   • Place
   • Spread

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1. sownoun

   Synonyms:
   hog (female), pig, swine

2. sowverb

   Synonyms:
   scatter, strew, spread

3. sowverb

   Synonyms:
   disseminate, disperse, propagate, spread abroad

4. sowverb

   Synonyms:
   plant, put seed in

5. sowverb

   Synonyms:
   besprinkle, scatter over

6. sowverb

   Synonyms:
   plant, scatter seed, put in seed

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1. sowverb

   Synonyms:
   propagate, disseminate, scatter, plant

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "sow":

   porker, tle, sows, wbs, outrun, pig, dt, wreak, teq, edt

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1. Miriam Baer:

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2. Oleksandr Havriluk from his mission:

   I was afraid, but I have to sow.

3. David Weinstein:

   There is no reason to give the defense anything to work with that can sow the seeds of reasonable doubt.

4. Narayan Patil:

   I can sow crops once again when we get rains, but I don't have money to buy seeds.

5. Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde:

   Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people, who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community and sow the seeds of discontent amongst them. That is the reason why agitators are so absolutely necessary. Without them, in our incomplete state, there would be no advance towards civilisation.