Synonyms of spouts

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noun

plural of spout

1

as in gutters

a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof

during the winter, runoff from the spout tends to freeze over and form a dangerous patch of ice on the walkway

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gutters
• waterspouts
• troughs
• drains
• drainpipes
• rainspouts
• aqueducts
• sluices
• eaves troughs
• ducts
• conduits
• flumes

2

as in jets

a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening

kids cooling off under the spout of water from an opened fire hydrant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jets
• sprays
• spurts
• bursts
• flushes
• squirts
• gushes
• spits
• spews
• blasts
• geysers
• spritzes
• spouters

spouts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of spout

1

as in pours

to flow out in great quantities or with force

water spouting from the hose

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pours
• streams
• rushes
• gushes
• spews
• squirts
• jets
• spurts
• rolls
• splashes
• runs
• swooshes
• washes
• floods
• flushes
• cascades
• sloshes
• surges
• swells
• issues
• drowns
• overflows
• inundates
• submerges
• deluges
• sluices
• fountains
• overwhelms
• engulfs
• swamps
• plashes
• submerses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drops
• drips
• trickles
• dribbles
• sprinkles
• leaks
• oozes
• percolates
• weeps
• exudes
• seeps
• bleeds
• strains
• spatters

2

as in huffs

to talk loudly and wildly

a self-important loudmouth who is always spouting about the mess that politicians have made of everything

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huffs
• rants
• fulminates
• blusters
• raves
• rages
• speaks out
• pontificates
• speaks up
• blares
• harangues
• declaims
• orates
• storms
• blurts (out)
• bolts
• sounds off
• blows
• bloviates
• mouths (off)
• carries on
• takes on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• murmurs
• whispers
• breathes
• grunts
• slurs
• mutters

3

as in ejects

to violently throw out or off (something from within)

the drain suddenly spouted water and debris

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ejects
• spits
• erupts
• expels
• emits
• spews
• pours
• disgorges
• belches
• jets
• streams
• spurts
• hurls
• fires
• releases
• gushes
• exhales
• squirts
• eructs
• surges
• springs
• tosses
• emanates
• heaves
• vents
• issues
• shoots
• flings
• launches
• casts
• discharges
• pitches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contains
• restrains
• shuts (in or up)
• bottles (up)