Synonyms of spouting

spouting

verb

present participle of spout

1

as in pouring

to flow out in great quantities or with force

water spouting from the hose

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pouring
• rushing
• spewing
• streaming
• gushing
• spurting
• rolling
• squirting
• splashing
• jetting
• running
• swooshing
• issuing
• washing
• flushing
• flooding
• cascading
• surging
• sloshing
• swelling
• drowning
• sluicing
• inundating
• overflowing
• plashing
• swamping
• submerging
• engulfing
• deluging
• overwhelming
• fountaining
• submersing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dripping
• dropping
• trickling
• sprinkling
• dribbling
• leaking
• bleeding
• weeping
• straining
• oozing
• seeping
• percolating
• spattering
• exuding

2

as in huffing

to talk loudly and wildly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huffing
• raving
• ranting
• blustering
• fulminating
• raging
• blaring
• pontificating
• speaking out
• declaiming
• storming
• speaking up
• blowing
• haranguing
• orating
• blurting (out)
• sounding off
• bloviating
• bolting
• mouthing (off)
• carrying on
• taking on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• muttering
• murmuring
• whispering
• breathing
• grunting
• slurring

3

as in erupting

to violently throw out or off (something from within)

the drain suddenly spouted water and debris

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erupting
• ejecting
• spitting
• spewing
• expelling
• emitting
• spurting
• belching
• pouring
• firing
• jetting
• releasing
• disgorging
• hurling
• streaming
• issuing
• gushing
• eructing
• emanating
• exhaling
• surging
• tossing
• squirting
• heaving
• springing
• flinging
• venting
• launching
• shooting
• casting
• discharging
• pitching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• containing
• restraining
• shutting (in or up)
• bottling (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spouting

And Marissa Mayer, the former Yahoo CEO who just launched Dazzle AI, has a wry take on some of the men now spouting doomsday rhetoric in Silicon Valley. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Years of fountains With three active volcanic regions that engage in fountaining, there has been a steady flow of dramatic videos of red-hot molten rock spouting from the Earth. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026

The humpback was caught on video spouting water while swimming close to shore. — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

Camera footage recorded June 18 showed the pool occasionally spouting water 20 to 30 feet into the air before returning to an active boil. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 24 June 2026

Pay attention to how fast Democratic Socialists of America candidates spouting collectivism are making headway. — Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026

But the true highlight might be the late great Fred Willard, whose performance as a catchphrase-spouting manager will leave you wondering why this movie doesn't get more love. — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026

Spitting, spouting water or blowing your nose in the pool are also against the rules. — Hali Smith june 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 June 2026

In the middle of a sculptural fountain inspired by the Ilisos river, which once flowed through the neighborhood, stood a modernist iron snail, spouting water. — Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2026