Synonyms of rippling

rippling 1 of 2

adjective

as in rippled

Related Words

• rippled
• swelling
• surging
• rolling
• rutted
• wavy
• undulating
• billowing
• unaligned
• undulant
• undulatory
• lopsided
• rutty
• pocked
• inexact
• unbalanced
• pitted
• knobby
• knurled
• knobbly
• nubby
• nubbly
• knurly

Dissimilar Words

• uniform
• exact
• true
• regular
• aligned
• vertical
• horizontal
• straight
• smooth
• level
• flat
• even
• tabular
• flush
• plumb
• plane

rippling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of ripple

as in splashing

to flow in a broken irregular stream

water rippling gently over the tiers of the fountain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashing
• washing
• bubbling
• dripping
• trickling
• gurgling
• swirling
• lapping
• dribbling
• plashing
• eddying
• rushing
• purling
• swishing
• guggling
• swooshing
• swashing
• dropping
• gushing
• spurting
• squirting
• spewing
• spouting
• whishing
• jetting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rolling
• pouring
• running
• streaming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rippling

Verb

The piano part gurgles like the waters with a rippling right-hand figure in sextuplets. — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Fuel prices have surged or supplies have simply disappeared, with consequences rippling through economies. — Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Mexican drug cartels are escalating their firepower, deploying car bombs, explosive drones and roadside IEDs in a campaign that’s rippling from small cities to Mexico’s tense relationship with Washington. — María Verza, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Part of the problem is that every summer, water pounds down on sidewalks in the Treasure Valley, drops rippling on glassy reflective surfaces, all because of sprinkler jets overshooting the grass and landing on pavement. — Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2026

Still, the hope is that the influx will usher in a larger wave of economic activity in the region, rippling out from Electric Boat and driving increases in tourism, recreational activities and other industries. — P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

If the early universe obeyed this rule, our modern cosmos would be devoid of substance, just energy fields rippling eternally through emptiness. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2026

One painting might look like water rippling in a pond, another like the roots of a tree, and another like a lionfish. — Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 10 Aug. 2026

As the drugs whittle waistlines, their impact is rippling beyond the bathroom scale and into a surprisingly wide swath of American life. — Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026