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 Shoshone chief next to me pours more water on the hot stones that are stacked in the middle of our circle of ten. — Taylor Eisenhauer, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026

As the country pours money into tourism megaprojects, obstacles remain. — Lev Akabas, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

When summer hits and strong afternoon light pours through west- and south-facing glass, all that natural light turns into heat and your electric bill climbs with it. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026

Set on a picturesque Japanese island, the series follows Karin Shirahama, a strawberry farmer who pours everything into her land, and Lee Yubin, a city dweller whose fortunes have taken a sharp turn for the worse. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

The kitchen cabinets are all white, and sunshine pours through big windows. — Parents, 1 Sep. 2026

However, Big Tech stocks like Meta (META) have dropped in the last year as the company pours billions of dollars into building AI infrastructure. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Up the hillside there ever pours in reinforcements, clutching cans of beer and occasionally flags…There is something about it all of a children’s crusade, the young people look so innocent and take their pleasure so gravely. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Oversight, in other words, is thin, even as the money pours in. — Arlene Marcus, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026