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 Officials estimate about 100 gallons of fuel had spilled, and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue was on the scene assisting with incident management. — Austin Carter, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026 Asian technology stocks surged Tuesday, tracking a rebound on Wall Street overnight as a sharp decline in oil prices lifted sentiment while renewed buying in chip names spilled over into Asia, following last week's bruising sell-off. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask,lee Ying Shan,ananya Chetia, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2026 BSisters have rendered it here in cozy pastel fabrics and gauzy spilled cotton, materials that speak to how women activists in Iran have been brutalized and consumed by the fundamentalist regime there. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026 Anger spilled into violence, with Molotov cocktails hurled at Tesla vehicles, charging stations set ablaze, and dealerships covered in graffiti. — ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026 The dispute quickly spilled onto social media, where commenters debated whether culinary tradition should trump a customer's order. — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Too much ink has been spilled trying to convince home cooks that there are definitive pairings between sauces and pasta shapes. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026 Abrams opted to go full go vampire, donning a long black wig and fake blood that spilled onto her lace nightgown costume. — Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026 Much ink has been spilled this election cycle about the competitive races that could determine which party controls Congress. — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026

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Electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng reportedly revealed its two-seat flying car could begin limited commercial operations in China in the second half of 2027.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
Parents in the Monessen City School District raised concerns with the school board Monday night, 24 hours after a KDKA investigation aired where a whistleblower revealed mold, moisture and structural problems inside the middle-high school.

— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of revealed

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Covering an area of the sky equivalent to 19 full moons, as seen from our vantage point, this cosmic Kaiju was discovered in late 2022 by Japanese astronomers using data from the Subaru Telescope.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2026
The film was made with emerging directors discovered by the lab, who raised investment and set up their own studio, and the lab’s work drew backing from Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of discovered

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Officials have not disclosed the spacecraft’s identity, capabilities, or exact mission objectives.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Neither the White House nor the Kremlin have disclosed whether the agreement was put in writing or revealed the price, payment terms or participating companies.

— DAVID McHUGH, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of disclosed

Verb

Finding More Concerns and Staying Strong Those checks have already uncovered another concern.

— Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
In brain-mapping studies that recalled Wilder Penfield’s pioneering work, his team steadily uncovered fundamental principles of how speech is represented by neural activity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of uncovered

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Technical audits might focus on whether any product specifications, agreements, or software libraries were exposed during the relationship.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2026
The condition of the rebar, exposed after the buildings collapsed, has also raised concerns.

— Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of exposed

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Chambers himself is now accused of riot, conspiracy to riot, and money laundering offenses, defense attorney Aitor Martínez Jiménez told the Washington Examiner.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2026
Some employees in Amazon's entertainment division were told that company leadership had mandated the film's release.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026