Synonyms of spouts

spouts 1 of 2

noun

plural of spout

1

as in gutters

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 & Similar Words

• gutters
• waterspouts
• troughs
• drains
• drainpipes
• rainspouts
• aqueducts
• sluices
• eaves troughs
• ducts
• conduits
• flumes

2

as in jets

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 & Similar Words

• jets
• sprays
• spurts
• bursts
• flushes
• squirts
• gushes
• spits
• spews
• blasts
• geysers
• spritzes
• spouters

spouts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of spout

1

as in pours

to flow out in great quantities or with force

water spouting from the hose

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pours
• streams
• rushes
• gushes
• spews
• squirts
• jets
• spurts
• rolls
• splashes
• runs
• swooshes
• washes
• floods
• flushes
• cascades
• sloshes
• surges
• swells
• issues
• drowns
• overflows
• inundates
• submerges
• deluges
• sluices
• fountains
• overwhelms
• engulfs
• swamps
• plashes
• submerses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drops
• drips
• trickles
• dribbles
• sprinkles
• leaks
• oozes
• percolates
• weeps
• exudes
• seeps
• bleeds
• strains
• spatters

2

as in huffs

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

• huffs
• rants
• fulminates
• blusters
• raves
• rages
• speaks out
• pontificates
• speaks up
• blares
• harangues
• declaims
• orates
• storms
• blurts (out)
• bolts
• sounds off
• blows
• bloviates
• mouths (off)
• carries on
• takes on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• murmurs
• whispers
• breathes
• grunts
• slurs
• mutters

3

as in ejects

to violently throw out or off (something from within)

the drain suddenly spouted water and debris

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ejects
• spits
• erupts
• expels
• emits
• spews
• pours
• disgorges
• belches
• jets
• streams
• spurts
• hurls
• fires
• releases
• gushes
• exhales
• squirts
• eructs
• surges
• springs
• tosses
• emanates
• heaves
• vents
• issues
• shoots
• flings
• launches
• casts
• discharges
• pitches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contains
• restrains
• shuts (in or up)
• bottles (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spouts

Noun

Some of the water spouts reached between 20 feet and 30 feet, geologists said. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 June 2026

Glorious sculptures entangled in water spouts were erected across the city over the next century. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026

Lids and spouts can quickly become traps for mold, bacteria, and grime, especially in hard-to-reach crevices. — Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026

The icebergs, the porpoising penguins, the whale spouts visible from the deck—the sensory experience accumulated quickly into something overwhelming. — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026

The last step is to reattach your showerhead and turn on the water to flush any remaining vinegar from the spouts. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 15 May 2026

For faucet handles and spouts, use a baking soda paste. — Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 1 May 2026

Caps with drink holes or retractable spouts have a lot of surface area and tight spaces where germs and debris can build up. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026

Try searching for your own micrometeorites by collecting particulates from roofs or drain spouts. — Heather Barker, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2026

Verb

Trish coined the nickname, which is funny because Cannon never spouts off. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025

Though the dream stalker is genuinely terrifying in the 1984 original, his cultural ubiquity grew as the character became less of a boogeyman than a kind of homicidal jester, one who spouts groan-worthy one-liners before spilling your guts. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025