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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Yesterday the company dropped three massive proofs that touched on math, physics and computer science, sending shockwaves rippling through those fields. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026 There are rippling gasps, drums, strings, sax, a vaguely Latin guitar, a sample of a woman talking about getting her hair done. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026

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Pricing and Valuation calculations in particular can’t simply be rerun after the fact; if the feed supplying them lags or drops a field during a cutover, the ripple shows up in financial statements, not a support ticket. — Sanchet Pachpute, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The ban amounts to barely a ripple in $880 billion worth of annual two-way trade between the two northern neighbors. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ripple

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Where lettuce splashed with vinaigrette can feel like an afterthought, a juicy, savory-slanting pear salad is worth making room for on a plate full of turkey and cornbread.

— Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
Children splashed in the fountain and played with a soccer ball as the mayoral hopeful introduced herself to voters.

— Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 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 progressive senator’s endorsement offered a counterweight to the political fallout from Stevens’s decision, which senior Democrats have characterized as a betrayal of the party.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2026
Democrats, for their part, were spending the last 24 hours before Election Day making their case in areas where Republicans have long dominated, while trying to contain the fallout from a messy intraparty split in Michigan.

— Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 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

Computer modeling of the results suggests half of the plastic bottles washing into the Great Lakes and oceans every year come from at least 10 miles and up to 120 miles away, the scientists reported.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
From washing dishes at a Denny's to running the most valuable company in the world.

— Kif Leswing,Annie Palmer,Kevin Breuninger,Samantha Subin,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 12 Nov. 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

Compromise of 1970 By the late 1960s, however, the Yemenis decided that the only logical outcome of the conflict was a compromise, which would have as its most important side effect the departure of the various foreign forces.

— Manfred W. Wenner, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Nov. 2026
The European Medicines Agency's safety committee concluded that NAION was a very rare side effect of semaglutide that may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people taking it, and recommended updating the drug's product information.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026

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