SPOUTS Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of spout

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

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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

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spouts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of spout

as in pours

to flow out in great quantities or with force water spouting from the hose

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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

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as in ejects

to violently throw out or off (something from within) the drain suddenly spouted water and debris

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Recent Examples of spouts

Noun

Footage shared by the outlet shows the top of the light spouts grazing the ceilings as guests looked on and recorded the spectacle. —

Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026 Locals still fill up water bottles at the public spouts, preferring the crisp groundwater over the municipal tap. —

Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026 And don’t forget spying whale spouts from the coastal cliffs, sans guardrails! —

Crai S Bower, Outside, 18 Dec. 2025 The manufacturer makes packaging such as sticks, jars, vials, spouts, bottles and tubes for small and mid-size brands in the personal care, household, and food and beverage sectors. —

Desiree Mathurin december 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025 The old irrigation system was updated with spouts in each garden bed. —

Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025 Sure enough, upon arriving, Phelps noticed spouts of water rising from the sea. —

Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025 Since the reward switched between spouts, the mice had to adjust their strategy to get it right. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025 Cleaning Bar Tools Beyond Glassware For other types of bar tools like shakers, jiggers, pour spouts, and metal utensils, rinse thoroughly after use and wash with a mild detergent. —

Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025

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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouts

Noun

Other modern improvements from top to bottom include installing a new boiler, water heaters, and gutters, plus fire escape upgrades, landscaping the exterior, and upgrading the front patio.

— Richard Lane, Des Moines Register, 16 Feb. 2026
In 2017, Dellal, then a mechanical engineering student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, helped create a sustainable, cost-effective system for deicing roofs and gutters as part of a class capstone project.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026