Synonyms of splashes

splashes 1 of 2

noun

plural of splash

as in sprinklings

a very small amount

at least you have a splash of common sense—which is more than we can say for your mother

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprinklings
• specks
• touches
• glimmers
• little
• hints
• bits
• licks
• dabs
• spatters
• traces
• sparks
• flecks
• particles
• shadows
• streaks
• shades
• handfuls
• rays
• smacks
• drops
• bites
• crumbs
• shreds
• smells
• dashes
• ounces
• slivers
• driblets
• nips
• spots
• pinches
• peanuts
• soupçons
• drams
• snaps
• strains
• suspicions
• scruples
• smidgens
• mites
• parts
• aces
• skoshes
• drops in the bucket
• scintillas
• molecules
• patches
• dots
• grains
• tastes
• doses
• nibbles
• syllables
• fragments
• scraps
• granules
• jots
• portions
• atoms
• smatterings
• sections
• minims
• motes
• vestiges
• semblances
• flyspecks
• chips
• morsels
• scatterings
• minima
• splinters
• hoots
• flakes
• shivers
• whits
• shards
• modicums
• nubbins
• iotas
• tittles
• clippings
• shavings
• smithereens
• smatters
• shots
• tatters
• parings

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loads
• buckets
• quantities
• piles
• masses
• mountains
• barrels
• lots
• rafts
• heaps
• stacks
• gobs
• bundles
• deals
• fistfuls
• messes
• bushels
• pecks
• reams
• boatloads
• wads
• oodles
• abundances
• scads
• volumes
• lashings
• wealths
• profusions
• much
• overflows
• potfuls
• excesses
• surpluses
• plenties
• passels
• embarrassments
• chunks
• slabs
• bonanzas
• superfluities
• lumps
• hunks
• overages
• overmuch
• overkills
• oversupplies
• surfeits
• overabundances
• superabundances

splashes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of splash

1

as in sprays

to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets

rowdy teenagers splashing water at each other in the community pool

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprays
• sprinkles
• washes
• spatters
• sloshes
• dashes
• slops
• swashes
• dabbles
• squirts
• laps
• spritzes
• plashes

2

as in splatters

to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy

the bus splashed us as it barrelled through the puddles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splatters
• spatters
• soaks
• dashes
• washes
• drowns
• bathes
• saturates
• sprays
• waters
• drenches
• plashes
• bespatters
• sprinkles
• impregnates
• squirts
• steeps
• sops
• douses
• slops
• souses
• slushes

3

as in washes

to flow along or against

water constantly splashing the wooden pilings eventually weakened them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• washes
• bathes
• ripples
• lips
• laves
• laps
• bubbles
• sloshes
• gurgles
• plashes

4

as in bubbles

to flow in a broken irregular stream

the spilled juice splashed over the counter and onto the floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• washes
• bubbles
• ripples
• drips
• trickles
• gurgles
• dribbles
• swirls
• laps
• plashes
• rushes
• guggles
• drops
• swishes
• eddies
• squirts
• swooshes
• gushes
• jets
• spurts
• swashes
• spouts
• purls
• spews
• whishes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• streams
• runs
• pours
• rolls

5

as in ripples

to move with a splashing motion

a baby splashing about in the tub

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ripples
• bubbles
• sloshes
• laps
• gurgles
• swashes
• babbles
• plashes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of splashes

Noun

Picture windows dominate the 30 ample rooms, which are pleasingly clad in unfinished wood and shocking splashes of lime. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026

In the distance was a bronze statue of Louis XIV on a rearing horse in the majestic Place des Victoires, its stone pedestal stained by protesters’ splashes of red paint. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

The buds themselves rock an IP54 rating, which protects them against dust and water splashes. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026

The top was somewhat simple, a strapless corset bodice with a few abstract splashes of white congregating on the righthand side, but the gown grew decidedly more dramatic on the way down. — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026

The apron is built to take a beating—oils and rogue splashes barely register, practically rolling right off the surface. — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Jazz fusion keyboardist George Duke, however, plays wild splashes of melody on an electric piano in the empty spaces between Waits’s lines. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026

Topping up the battery takes 90 minutes, according to Shift Robotics, and an IP54 rating means the shoes shrug off splashes but would not enjoy a swim. — New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026

For all the back-to-back work, there were some splashes of imposter syndrome. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Verb

Selena is offended, and splashes him with the liquid, which burns and kills him. — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026

In this photograph snapped by astronomer José Rodrigues, the Milky Way splashes across the night sky above two telescopes at ESO's La Silla Observatory. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Across the street, the Llano River splashes its way over limestone formations and into reed thickets. — Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 20 July 2026

Harry Kane splashes his face with ice water during a hydration break for a FIFA World Cup 2026 Quarter Final match on July 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida. — Laura Schifter, Time, 17 July 2026

Zero Mostel, as Max Bialystock, then splashes a glass of water at Bloom to snap him out of it. — Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Arthur also pulled together five quieter, more sensory-friendly options in the Charlotte area — including Birkdale Village’s annual midday block party and bike parade, where the Huntersville Fire Department traditionally splashes the crowd before the festivities. — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026

In Literature and Painting Playset, 2025, a Cartman-like figure wearing a beret splashes daubs of paint on the screen while a female figure in pilgrim dress delivers a long, disjointed monologue patched together by Kokopeli from Quora posts, art history texts, and other online detritus. — Theo Belci, Artforum, 2 June 2026

The water splashes to the floor. — Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026