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pour

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of pour

1 to cause to flow in a stream

she lifted the teakettle and poured some hot water from the spout

Synonyms of pour

stream

Words Related to pour

ladle, spoon

cascade, trickle

deluge, flood, inundate, overflow

2 to move in a stream

water gently pouring down the canal toward the dam

Synonyms of pour

flow, roll, run, stream

Words Related to pour

arise, disembogue, effuse, emanate, issue, spring

course, race, rush

fountain, gush, spout, spurt

deluge, engulf, flood, inundate, overflow, overrun, swamp

cascade, dribble, drip, gutter, riffle, ripple, sheet, trickle

flush, wash out

Near Antonyms of pour

clot, coagulate, congeal, gel, harden, set

Antonyms of pour

back up

3 to flow out in great quantities or with force

tears pouring down his cheeks

Synonyms of pour

gush, jet, rush, spew, spout, spurt, squirt, swoosh

Words Related to pour

cascade, issue, roll, run, stream

plash, slosh, splash, wash

surge, swell

flush, sluice

deluge, drown, engulf, flood, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, submerse, swamp

fountain

Near Antonyms of pour

spatter, sprinkle

bleed, exude, leak, ooze, percolate, seep, strain, weep

Antonyms of pour

dribble, drip, drop, trickle

4 to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds

it's pouring outside, so you'd better take an umbrella

Synonyms of pour

precipitate, rain, storm

Words Related to pour

shower

spit

hail, rainsquall, squall

deluge, drown, engulf, flood, inundate, swamp

Phrases Synonymous with pour

rain cats and dogs

Near Antonyms of pour

drizzle, mist, mizzle, spit, sprinkle

5 to give readily and in large quantities

repeatedly poured money into the revitalization of the downtown area

Synonyms of pour

heap, lavish, rain, shower

Words Related to pour

gush, stream

flood, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, swamp

bombard, hail

Near Antonyms of pour

hold back, keep, reserve, retain, withhold

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