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
• 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

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
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spits

Noun

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

The industry chews people up and spits them (and their dreams) right back out. —Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025

The generator spits out new images, or data pieces, in whatever format the project involves. —John Werner, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025

ChatGPT spits out iterations of iterations and copies of copies until the information doesn’t make sense anymore. —Joelle Renstrom august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025

In the garden, sturdy, drought-resistant okra with its pale-yellow hibiscus-like flowers soars and spits out a steady supply of pods. —Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025

Input your details and see what the calculator spits out. —Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025

The process to buy an apartment kind of spits out this uniformly bland neighbor. —Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 14 Aug. 2025

That would be a fine cap to a sketch, but McCarthy then spits coffee on the window and does something to the window with her body that may never have been shown before on broadcast television. —Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024

Like walking into the dense Amazonian jungle and suddenly finding yourself in an open clearing, the entryway is a narrow, curving driveway that spits visitors into a cavernous inner chamber. —Dalya Benor, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024