sparse, a. scattered, [thin], innumerous, [meager].
Spartan, a. [hardy], undaunted, [courageous], [doughty].
spasm, n. [convulsion], paroxysm, [fit], throe.
spasmodic, a. [intermittent], [fitful], convulsive.
spat, n. tiff, [quarrel], [dispute], dissension.
spats, n. pl. [gaiters], spatterdashes.
spawn, n. [roe], ova, eggs (of fishes, frogs, etc.); mycelium.
speak, v. [utter], pronounce, [say], articulate, enunciate, [express], [talk]; [discourse], [address], declaim, [harangue], [preach], [lecture], [rant], descant, [expatiate]; [accost], [address]; [declare], [publish], [proclaim], [announce], [bruit]. Antonyms: [repress], [suppress], [refrain].
speaker, n. [orator], discourser, [spokesman], prolocutor, [mouthpiece], interlocutor, chairman.
speaking alone. [monologue], [soliloquy].