Synonyms of spits

spits 1 of 3

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reverses
• opposites
• antitheses
• converses

2

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
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spits

Noun

The spits are tightly packed and constantly rotating, churning out 48 chickens every hour. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026

Denying that their output is propaganda & amplifying their messaging spits in the face of those murdered on Oct 7th & props up the Hamas terror regime that continues to punish its own people. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025

Naked people are collared, bound, prodded, whipped, ridden like horses, roasted over spits. — Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025

Verb

Lowry, in the meantime, would embark on a two-decade career in a league that spits out frauds on the regular. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

This week, Tyla gets in her feelings, Tierra Whack spits bars on a spritely beat, and Kelela slows it down on a lover’s lament that dates back to her debut album. — Rolling Stone, 19 June 2026

In testing with an RTX 5090, DiffusionGemma spits out around 700 tokens per second. — ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026

Spader’s character spits out a reprimand. — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026

Between archival footage and photos of Lennon and Ono, there are dozens of jarring, ugly visuals, seemingly generated by entering Ono and Lennon’s dialogue into a machine that spits out bizarrely literal interpretations of text. — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 22 May 2026

Mariam’s daughter Nora (Gheed) eats cherries and spits out the pits. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 May 2026

Their earliest and biggest target has been Dax, a 32-year-old janitor-turned-rapper from Canada who spits overwrought motivational lyrics over rudimentary beats. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026

In the same scene, a young girl pulls out her teeth, puts a dead woman's dentures in her bloody mouth, and spits onto a plate of food that other characters unknowingly eat. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026