DRIP Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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as in bore

someone or something boring he's well-meaning, but kind of a drip

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as in bead

the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass the faucet leaked one drip after another no matter what I did to try to fix it

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verb

ˈdrip

as in to flow

to fall or let fall in or as if in drops water from the leaky roof was dripping all over the floor the cracked bottle dripped wine

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Recent Examples of drip

Noun

To protect the roots, apply a 3- to 4-inch layer of mulch around the base of the tree, extending outward to the drip line. —

Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 Mar. 2026 Lift with a fork, let any excess drip off, and return to the parchment. —

Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026

Verb

Leaky roofs are dripping into classrooms. —

Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026 How much of your life is spent waiting for the last drops of syrup, olive oil, or even bodywash to drip from a container? —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for drip

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drip

Noun

Beneath the school’s football field, there are 160 bore holes, each 500 feet deep, containing pipes that harness the relatively consistent underground temperatures to regulate temperatures in the school.

— Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Marchand did not see the ice in OT but calmly stepped to the center dot, bore in on Korpisalo and beat him over the glove with a pretty backhander, a move Pastrnak knows well.

— Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026