Synonyms of spew

spew 1 of 2

verb

ˈspyü 

1

as in to pour

to flow out in great quantities or with force

water spewing violently from the broken pipe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pour
• rush
• stream
• spout
• gush
• spurt
• squirt
• roll
• jet
• run
• splash
• wash
• flush
• swoosh
• flood
• cascade
• swell
• issue
• drown
• surge
• inundate
• slosh
• overflow
• engulf
• overwhelm
• submerge
• fountain
• swamp
• deluge
• plash
• sluice
• submerse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drop
• drip
• trickle
• sprinkle
• dribble
• weep
• bleed
• leak
• seep
• ooze
• exude
• strain
• percolate
• spatter

2

as in to spit

to violently throw out or off (something from within)

a volcano spewing out lava

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spit
• erupt
• eject
• expel
• emit
• belch
• spout
• disgorge
• pour
• spurt
• hurl
• jet
• stream
• fire
• release
• gush
• eruct
• exhale
• squirt
• emanate
• heave
• toss
• issue
• vent
• surge
• fling
• shoot
• launch
• spring
• cast
• discharge
• pitch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contain
• shut (in or up)
• restrain
• bottle (up)

3

as in to vomit

to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth

"I'm going to spew right here in the car if you don't pull over!" she wailed to her friend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vomit
• hurl
• puke
• barf
• retch
• throw up
• eject
• heave
• spit up
• upchuck
• gag
• regurgitate
• disgorge
• lose one's lunch
• toss one's cookies
• expel
• nauseate

spew

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noun

as in gush

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gush
• spout
• jet
• spit
• flush
• spurt
• squirt
• spray
• geyser
• burst
• spritz
• spouter
• blast

Examples of spew in a Sentence

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Verb

Last night, Wells and his 85-year-old mother accepted an award on behalf of her father, his grandfather, Fordyce Ely, an agricultural scientist who in 1941 published a paper about cows spewing their milk. —Byhannah Richter, science.org, 13 Sep. 2024

No candidate should be able to spew lies and misinformation without being held to account. —Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024

Noun

That’s what this moron advocated in a shameful commencement speech at Benedictine College in Kansas -- a spew of backward misogyny that has since been rightly vilified. —Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 19 May 2024

Because these are not short spews of text Fishburne has penned for us; they are run on sentences and legato soliloquies. —Brittani Samuel, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024