Synonyms of bubbles

bubbles

verb

present tense third-person singular of bubble

as in splashes

to flow in a broken irregular stream

the soapy water bubbled down the drain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashes
• washes
• ripples
• drips
• swirls
• trickles
• gurgles
• dribbles
• laps
• plashes
• eddies
• rushes
• guggles
• jets
• swishes
• squirts
• drops
• swooshes
• spurts
• purls
• gushes
• spouts
• swashes
• spews
• whishes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• streams
• runs
• rolls
• pours

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bubbles

The worst bubbles form in industries that offer little in the way of innovation and are financed mainly by debt. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026

Released three years after the similarly freewheeling Nekkuja, the album bubbles over with interdimensional ambition and zigzagging ideas, anchored by her ability to command bewildering expanses of melody and form. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026

This is the antithetical froth that bubbles up in their wake, and it is never left completely behind. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

But the gas that’s released in larger quantities is methane, which forms underwater as plants and algae break down and then bubbles to the surface. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Bubble sheet masks are made up of thin pieces of fabric that are saturated with a solution, which bubbles up as the mask sits on the skin. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Otherwise, plan to clean the bottom of the oven anytime a dish bubbles over. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2026

So, which one bubbles to the top of the list? — Jenny Berg, Glamour, 25 June 2026

There is always tension between the two biggest clubs in Spain’s capital city, which sometimes bubbles over — as happened when Alvarez’s ‘double-touch’ penalty was controversially ruled out in the Champions League round-of-16 shootout ultimately won by Real last year. — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 10 June 2026