SPILLING Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

spilling

verb

present participle of spill

as in disclosing

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 spilling But labor strife here is spilling off of the docks and into City Hall, with political implications for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, himself a former labor organizer who is expected to run for reelection in less than a year. — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 Investigators said the confrontation began inside the gas station before spilling into the parking lot, where shots were fired. — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026 The deaths of four people following Mexico’s round-of-32 win over Ecuador had intensified concerns that a 6pm kick-off in Mexico City could prove dangerous to fans, with a full day of drinking time potentially spilling into the game and beyond. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 July 2026 This allowed the two to interact long enough to fuse, spilling the food into the interior of the SpudCell and adding additional membrane material to it. — ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026 But by the time the bicentennial rolled around, my life had played out against the backdrop of civil unrest and the Vietnam War, both spilling from our black-and-white television almost nightly. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 Behind-the-scenes drama from The Bachelor franchise spilling over into real life? — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 1 July 2026 That way, kids can dip the wand in and out without spilling or getting the solution all over themselves. — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 29 June 2026 San Francisco 49ers player George Kittle told ExtraTV at the Tight Ends & Friends Concert that he was invited, spilling that the couple have asked for no gifts. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 27 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spilling

Verb

Sabatini told the jury there was no evidence, such as May disclosing it to friends or her therapist.

— Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
The lawsuit alleged that by not disclosing the stock purchases before the legal deadline, Musk was able to keep buying shares at artificially low prices and underpay Twitter investors by at least $150 million for those shares.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026

Definition of disclosing

Verb

Small businesses are struggling to hire, with 62% trying to fill positions but 84% unable to find qualified applicants, revealing a significant skills gap.

— Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026
This publication marks a rare instance of the Chinese military revealing technical information about its high-power microwave capabilities.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

Definition of revealing

Verb

Last year, the Air Force Academy launched a broad investigation after discovering nearly 100 cadets had cheated on a weekly knowledge test.

— Elise Spenner, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Decades after discovering samples of Native American hair within its collection, the American Museum of Natural History plans to add them to the list of items for repatriation to concerned tribes.

— News Desk, Artforum, 8 July 2026

Definition of discovering

Verb

Curator Nadine Hounkpatin, who organized the wider exhibition at Arles in which Phan’s images appear, has said that the body of work illustrates the kind of deeper truth-telling photography can do.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Anna Maria says the Church had put him up for adoption without telling her.

— Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 12 July 2026

Definition of telling

Verb

Its most productive use is to help users ask better questions, uncovering what's truly missing in a deal.

— John Walkup, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
At one point, Weist describes uncovering that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani maintained a fine-art photography practice while simultaneously waging a highly public censorship battle against the Brooklyn Museum.

— Rhoda Feng, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of uncovering

Verb

Rather than exposing the consequences of a single program cut, health experts say the outbreak has revealed a public health system that has been under strain for years.

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
Comcast’s Xfinity division disclosed a similar breach in 2023, exposing nearly 36 million account holders’ data.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 14 July 2026