Synonyms of pours

pours

verb

present tense third-person singular of pour

1

as in streams

to cause to flow in a stream

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• streams
• floods
• trickles
• inundates
• overflows
• ladles
• cascades
• spoons
• deluges

2

as in flows

to move in a stream

water gently pouring down the canal toward the dam

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flows
• streams
• runs
• rolls
• drips
• rushes
• emanates
• floods
• gushes
• springs
• arises
• spouts
• trickles
• races
• engulfs
• inundates
• overflows
• effuses
• flushes
• ripples
• spurts
• courses
• issues
• dribbles
• sheets
• cascades
• overruns
• swamps
• deluges
• fountains
• disembogues
• washes out
• riffles
• gutters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• backs up
• hardens
• coagulates
• sets
• gels
• congeals
• clots

3

as in rushes

to flow out in great quantities or with force

tears pouring down his cheeks

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

4

as in rains

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 & Similar Words

• rains
• precipitates
• floods
• storms
• drowns
• spits
• showers
• rains cats and dogs
• hails
• engulfs
• inundates
• deluges
• swamps
• squalls

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spits
• drizzles
• sprinkles
• mists
• mizzles

5

as in lavishes

to give readily and in large quantities

repeatedly poured money into the revitalization of the downtown area

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lavishes
• showers
• rains
• heaps
• gushes
• streams
• floods
• overwhelms
• hails
• inundates
• overflows
• bombards
• swamps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retains
• keeps
• reserves
• withholds
• holds back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pours

The public is increasingly skeptical of allowing the AI industry to govern itself, which is pushing legislators to rethink their hands-off approach, even as AI money pours like Niagara Falls into elections. — Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026

The sun pours through its many gaps, creating a constellation of light that illuminates the forest floor below. — Liam Scott, Washington Post, 24 July 2026

Aperol spritzes flowed off to one side, wine pours in the middle of the room, and plates of salads, seafood, paninis, pasta, and sweets were served—often by Vizzari and Dosio themselves. — Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Celebrities with reach and personal reasons for going alcohol-free are now designing sparkling aperitifs, functional tonics, craft beers, wines and mixers built to sit comfortably next to anything a bartender pours. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026

The performers grind and moan as rain pours from above and a wind machine roars. — Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

And, Anthropic’s CEO pours $1 million into a PAC pushing AI regulation. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 July 2026

Down the rock at the Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo, the dining room pours rosé from Bandol and from Bellet, a Niçoise appellation so small that barely anyone outside the region can name it. — Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

Meanwhile, Jackie pours her heart into developing the town’s community space. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026