Synonyms of spits

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noun (1)

plural of spit

as in peninsulas

an area of land that juts out into a body of water

at the northeast end of the island is a long spit whose terminal is crowned by a towering lighthouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peninsulas
• capes
• points
• arms
• promontories
• headlands
• nesses
• forelands
• jetties
• breakwaters

spits

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noun (2)

plural of spit

1

as in pictures

something or someone that strongly resembles another

the spit and image of his father

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pictures
• twins
• images
• replicas
• clones
• portraits
• doubles
• fetches
• counterparts
• duplicates
• mirror images
• equivalents
• alter egos
• carbon copies
• duplications
• likenesses
• spitting images
• matches
• carbons
• facsimiles
• ringers
• doppelgängers
• doppelgangers
• portrayals
• look-alikes
• equals
• effigies
• companions
• analogs
• mates
• parallels
• fellows
• analogues

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reverses
• opposites
• antitheses
• converses

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as in drools

the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands

so dry that he felt as if he had no spit left in his mouth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drools
• salivas
• slobbers
• slavers
• foams
• spittles
• froths
• sputums
• sputa
• expectorations
• salivations

spits

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verb

present tense third-person singular of spit

as in stabs

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabs
• pierces
• picks
• punctures
• jabs
• sticks
• pecks
• impales
• pokes
• transfixes
• spikes
• runs through
• spears
• lances
• punches
• skewers
• slices
• gores
• harpoons
• perforates
• transpierces
• pinks
• thrusts
• cuts
• pricks
• spindles
• riddles
• quills
• pikes
• knifes
• poniards
• bayonets
• prongs
• gimlets
• pinpricks
• dirks