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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

  • itʼs pouring outside, so youʼd 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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