Synonyms of sown

sown

verb

variants or sowed

past participle of sow

1

as in sprinkled

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

• sprinkled
• sprayed
• peppered
• dotted
• strewed
• scattered
• 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
• broadcast
• potted
• 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
• embedded
• inseminated
• enrooted
• infixed
• hammered
• inoculated
• entrenched
• infused
• imbued
• suffused
• steeped
• invested
• fixed
• ingrained

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sown

Some of these spaces were inhabited by horses or llamas, but many were just sown with Kentucky blue grass that was carefully cut every weekend. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

So in part, the seeds to the conflict now were sown in the 2022 ceasefire. — Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Authors of the legislation, which faces an uncertain future in the House, said aggressive congressional intervention was necessary because a series of legal rulings had sowed chaos in college sports. — New York Times, 29 Sep. 2026

The league sowed the seeds of the current boom in the mid-1990s. — Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Not to mention, this grass variety establishes best when it’s planted in the cool weather of early fall, although it can be sown in spring, too. — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 18 Aug. 2026

Seeds can be sown in the ground or containers to transplant to the garden or grow in planters. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026

The 1990s sowed the seeds for bourbon’s recovery, but real growth didn’t occur until after the turn of the century. — Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Their rise has built connections that have sown both beans and bonds. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2026