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 Tuesday's filings represent Seaver's first public defense of himself since a serious rift opened up in the country music legend's circle and spilled into public view shortly after her death. — CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 On the tourism-dependent island, motorcycles and cars waited outside stations and spilled onto nearby roads as motorists scrambled for fuel. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 The last couple of years, my list of things to watch out for has spilled off the page and onto the floor. — Justin Levitt, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026 In some instances, student radicalism spilled over into yakuza activities. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Recent council meetings have spilled into late night hours as the city tackles issues including the data center moratorium and the Interstate 77 South toll lanes project. — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2026 Three people have been killed in attacks on Saudi Arabian airports over two days, as fighting spilled across the Yemen border into the Kingdom. — Will Barker, TheWeek, 8 Oct. 2026 The Directors Guild of Korea (DGK) has also come to the defense of the filmmakers, arguing that the backlash has spilled over from the film to the lives and livelihoods of the people who made it. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 This investigation could shed light on the hypothetical collision between Earth and a Mars-sized planetary body called Theia, which is thought to have spilled matter around our planet that coalesced to forge the moon billions of years ago. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spilled

Verb

Genetic comparisons revealed that deep-sea viral communities in the region are almost entirely unique, with just 4 percent of their protein clusters matching global databases.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
The presentation Monday night before the Plano city council revealed that widening some existing roads, adding new turn lanes to others and placing no parking signs in neighborhoods should address concerns about traffic among nearby homeowners.

— J.D. Miles, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of revealed

Verb

David Smith, an amateur mathematician, discovered that shape.

— Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026
According to Ibrahim, the market primarily serves Arab, Middle Eastern, Indian and Asian customers, though American shoppers have increasingly discovered the shop as well.

— Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of discovered

Verb

Emails between Ovitz and Epstein were disclosed earlier this year as part of the Epstein files.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Owners generally do not want their locations disclosed, experienced builders work under strict nondisclosure agreements, and the industry is full of ambitious claims that are difficult to verify.

— Megan Buerger, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of disclosed

Verb

In the kitchen area, floor tiles were cracked and an unused pipe hole is uncovered.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Though sometimes the target is a single vehicle, authorities have also uncovered larger theft operations.

— Steve Fisher Special Correspondent Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of uncovered

Verb

Others have been buried by the migrants themselves, but they won't be added to the official count until authorities can verify the bodies, Alexandre Coissac, IOM Chief of Mission in Djibouti, told the Associated Press via the phone.

— JAMEY KEATEN, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Rahadian says he was drawn to a story of motherhood told through children whose mother was missing from their lives, set in a moment when a person’s citizenship could be taken away suddenly, by force and without warning.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026