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spout

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of spout

1 a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof

  • during the winter, runoff from the spout tends to freeze over and form a dangerous patch of ice on the walkway
Synonyms of spout

drainpipe, eaves trough, gutter, rainspout, trough, waterspout
Words Related to spout

drain, flume, sluice

conduit, duct

aqueduct

2 a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening

  • kids cooling off under the spout of water from an opened fire hydrant
Synonyms of spout

jet, spurt, squirt
Words Related to spout

flush, gush, spew

spit, spray, spritz

geyser, spouter

blast, burst

spout

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of spout

1 to flow out in great quantities or with force

  • water spouting from the hose
Synonyms of spout

gush, jet, pour, rush, spew, spurt, squirt, swoosh
Words Related to spout

cascade, issue, roll, run, stream

plash, slosh, splash, wash

surge, swell

flush, sluice

deluge, drown, engulf, flood, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, submerse, swamp

fountain
Near Antonyms of spout

spatter, sprinkle

bleed, exude, leak, ooze, percolate, seep, strain, weep
Antonyms of spout

dribble, drip, drop, trickle

2 to talk loudly and wildly

  • a self-important loudmouth who is always spouting about the mess that politicians have made of everything
Synonyms of spout

bluster, fulminate, huff, rant, rave
Words Related to spout

sound off, speak out, speak up

blare, blurt (out), bolt

bloviate, blow, declaim, harangue, mouth (off), orate, pontificate

carry on, rage, storm, take on
Near Antonyms of spout

grunt, murmur, mutter, slur

breathe, whisper

3 to violently throw out or off (something from within)

  • the drain suddenly spouted water and debris
Synonyms of spout

belch, disgorge, eject, eruct, erupt, expel, jet, spew, spurt
Words Related to spout

gush, pour, squirt, stream, surge

emanate, exhale, issue, release, shoot, spit, spring, vent

discharge, emit, fire

cast, fling, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, toss
Near Antonyms of spout

bottle (up), contain, restrain, shut (in or up)

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