SCOOPS (OUT) Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

scoops (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of scoop (out)

as in excavates

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoops (out)

Verb

One of the most convincing ways Reid excavates Lestat’s inner world is through the music.

— Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
Badger excavates or exposes buried infrastructure through a highly pressurized water and vacuum system and uses about 20,000 gallons of water per day, officials have said.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of excavates

Verb

And each time, a fireman or a police officer comes over and shovels the remains into a white plastic bucket and carries it away.

— Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Vikings Hall of Famer John Randle equated Ryan to the person, cloaked head to foot in soot, who shovels coal into a train engine without the passengers ever seeing his face.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of shovels

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

scoops

scoops (out)

scoot

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Scoops (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoops%20%28out%29. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of scoops (out)

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

facsimile

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Popular in Wordplay

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Words from the 'Odyssey'

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

Popular

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Games & Quizzes