Synonyms of splashing

splashing

verb

present participle of splash

1

as in spraying

to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets

rowdy teenagers splashing water at each other in the community pool

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spraying
• sloshing
• sprinkling
• slopping
• washing
• spattering
• dashing
• swashing
• dabbling
• lapping
• squirting
• plashing
• spritzing

2

as in splattering

to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy

the bus splashed us as it barrelled through the puddles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splattering
• soaking
• drowning
• spattering
• bathing
• dashing
• washing
• saturating
• plashing
• spraying
• drenching
• sprinkling
• impregnating
• bespattering
• squirting
• watering
• sopping
• steeping
• slopping
• dousing
• slushing
• sousing
• dowsing

3

as in bathing

to flow along or against

water constantly splashing the wooden pilings eventually weakened them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bathing
• washing
• rippling
• laving
• lapping
• bubbling
• gurgling
• sloshing
• lipping
• plashing

4

as in washing

to flow in a broken irregular stream

the spilled juice splashed over the counter and onto the floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• washing
• bubbling
• dripping
• rippling
• trickling
• gurgling
• swirling
• lapping
• dribbling
• plashing
• rushing
• eddying
• swishing
• guggling
• dropping
• squirting
• purling
• swooshing
• spurting
• gushing
• swashing
• spewing
• spouting
• jetting
• whishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rolling
• pouring
• running
• streaming

5

as in rippling

to move with a splashing motion

a baby splashing about in the tub

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rippling
• bubbling
• sloshing
• lapping
• gurgling
• swashing
• plashing
• babbling