SPILLED Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

spilled

verb

variants also spilt

past tense of spill

as in revealed

to make known (as information previously kept secret) the actor's butler spilled the secret to a tabloid for $40,000

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Recent Examples of spilled The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak had spread widely in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and spilled over into nearby nations. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 By evening, crowds overflowed outside the site and spilled onto the streets and lanes. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 July 2026 Dell Technologies , Hewlett Packard Enterprise — Super Micro Computer’s surge spilled over to its server peers, with the group as a whole boosted by the better-than-expected preliminary results. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 22 July 2026 While most of the ink spilled on headlines about chips powering the AI boom is in relation to Nvidia, memory chips have carved out a new standout role. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 22 July 2026 The emotional toll of a long travel softball season spilled over into an ugly fight among parents at a Mississippi tournament over the weekend. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026 And in the streets of Madrid — probably many other places in Spain as well — countless people spilled into the streets, celebrating Sunday’s victory long into the wee hours of Monday morning. — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026 In the memo, Slonim wrote that concern about the company dated back years, including a 2017 crash when a Ryder truck spilled fireworks onto a Yolo County road, injuring a truck driver. — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026 Now—before there is another name, another van, another street stained with blood that didn't have to be spilled. — Kica Matos, Time, 17 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spilled

Verb

Emmy-winning composer David Fleming (Widow’s Bay, Superman, HBO’s The Last of Us) was also revealed as the game’s composer, marking his video game composing debut with the main title theme, Logan, now available on all music platforms.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 July 2026
The announcement comes just days after defense technology company Anduril revealed Thunder, the military variant of the same dual-use aircraft platform, at the Farnborough International Airshow.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026

Definition of revealed

Verb

The researchers discovered that seaweeds accumulate critical minerals from the surrounding seawater into their tissues, sometimes in exponential concentrations.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
The flowering Arisaema mcmahanii or cobra lily, discovered by Scott McMahan and his Vietnamese colleagues.

— Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of discovered

Verb

The fee is disclosed up front, chopped into weekly payments, and, in his telling, never grows.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
What these agreements are hasn’t been disclosed, but the filing states these provisions update language, ensure compliance with state law and clarify existing practices.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of disclosed

Verb

Michigan announced Manuel’s departure Monday, citing issues uncovered by the Jenner & Block investigation into the culture and practices of Michigan’s athletic department.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Two 1970s murals by Chilean artist Julio Escámez, long thought to have been destroyed by Augusto Pinochet’s military regime, are currently in the process of being uncovered and restored.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of uncovered

Verb

Dose limits set the maximum amount of radiation the public and radiation workers can be exposed to, while ALARA kept radiation exposure as low as practical under those limits.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
In the last two weeks, two Illinois House Democrats have been exposed for allegedly misusing their offices, engaging in reprehensible conduct and abusing the public trust placed in them as state representatives.

— Amy Elik, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Definition of exposed

Verb

Yet several scientists told KFF Health News that the specimens most likely were indeed for use in developing mpox diagnostic tests.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
So good, Mancilla told The Star during a recent interview, that customers aren’t always able to find parking — granted, the lot is relatively small.

— Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026