RIPPLE Synonyms: 122 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈri-pəl

Definition of ripple

as in to splash

to flow in a broken irregular stream water rippling gently over the tiers of the fountain

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ripple

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noun

as in warble

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as in fallout

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as in wavelet

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Verb

Before long, the neighborhood became a proving ground and creative hub for an eclectic music scene whose influence continues to ripple through Atlanta today. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 29 July 2026 As gas becomes more expensive, the effects ripple across regional electricity markets, raising costs for utilities, governments, businesses, and households. — Michael Adu Okyere, Time, 28 July 2026

Noun

In her first 48 hours as a Husky, Dursus even caused a little ripple of controversy. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026 Its sculptural form is inspired by the ripple created by a three-point shot, a subtle reference to her signature. — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for ripple

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Brighton splashed £30million on then 18-year-old Kostoulas from Olympiacos in his homeland during last year’s summer window.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Emily in Paris chronicles the birth of an influencer, regularly splashing Emily’s Instagram posts and growing follower count across the screen.

— Judy Berman, Time, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of splash

Noun

For a time, the engine, with its distinctive exhaust warble, became closely associated with Audi’s lineup, aided in no small part by the motorsport successes of five-cylinder rally cars like the Sport Quattro S1 E2.

— Bradley Iger, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025
The music fills our bodies, its rhythm melding with a deeper-time cycle of day-to-night, seasons changing, the imperceptible warble of a planet spinning gently on its axis.

— Florence Williams, Outside Online, 11 May 2025

Definition of warble

Noun

The fallout from that controversial attempt has divided the soccer landscape, with continental confederations and individual national associations all split on whether a change in FIFA leadership is needed.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Scarlett Johansson plays Hester, Irwin’s wife, whose family is pulled into the fallout as the brothers’ scheme begins to fall apart.

— Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of fallout

Noun

Pipe those wavelets of foie gras feculence over to neighboring Surfside, a two-bathroom kind of town with waste pipes galore.

— Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2025
Its wavelets lap enticingly at our feet, but the breaker that might truly knock the breath out of us never comes.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025

Definition of wavelet

Verb

People should immediately wash cuts and scrapes thoroughly with soap and clean running water after coming in contact with coastal waters or raw seafood, the CDC said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
People can protect themselves by washing their hands, washing produce, cooking and heating produce and avoid eating raw foods and unpasteurized milk.

— Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of wash

Noun

Is that the power of belief, which comes through in her delivery, or just the way a flute’s trill can sound like exploration and hope?

— Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026
The music flows out with ease—quick trills, raspy runs, then long, aching holds that stretch just to the edge of breaking.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026

Definition of trill

Noun

Although the movie eventually loses steam (a side effect of its subversions of the genre, while using Ilyas’s awkward outsidership as an aesthetic North Star), Khan traces the care with which his characters try to chart invisible social lines.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
One odd side effect of the buzz is that Mistral has spent the past few weeks plagued by rumors about a giant cat.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of side effect

Noun

The threads are strung the wrong way to hold the boundary together, so the curls grow with nothing to limit them.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Just a few hours after dropping pics of herself with voluminous, body-licious curls, Khloé Kardashian decided to kick off August with a fresh hair cut—and introduced us all to her alter ego, Bob Kardashian, in the process.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 7 Aug. 2026

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