SPOUTS Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

spouts 1 of 2

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

From flash flooding to water spouts turned tornadoes, August's weather has been particularly out-of-the-ordinary. — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 Some of the pouring spouts are also located on the side of the lid instead of on top. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 Splash about in North America’s largest wave pool as a shipwrecked vessel spouts water overhead at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon. — Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026 And teach kids not to drink from the pool or treat splash-pad spouts like drinking fountains. — Angela Haupt, Time, 20 July 2026 Cascading waterfall spouts that line the middle of the pool, meantime, are specially angled to target stress points on your body. — Tim Chan, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2026 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

Verb

One colorful customer spouts a fabulously ripe monologue about how the aliens nearly caught him mid-defecation—a close encounter of the turd kind. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 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

Clean clogged roof gutters, especially if leaves tend to clog the drains.

— Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Clean clogged roof gutters, especially if leaves tend to plug the drains.

— Susan Bromley, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of gutters

Noun

Russia is also believed to have been responsible for launching a drone that was shot down by NATO fighter jets over Lithuanian airspace this week.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
Executive Director Dan Vicari said the airport’s 54-year-old, 50-foot tower didn’t provide controllers with the most accurate visibility of jets approaching the longer runway.

— Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of jets

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And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.

— Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025

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More than anything, the problem lies in the execution — as an absolutely catastrophic event effectively ejects Coulter and Fetters’ main character from his own story and into the abyss of early 2000s political turmoil.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
This development forcibly ejects the mild-mannered mammal into both his parents’ den and the wild — literally — world of dating, where smelling suitors’ pee takes the place of an app profile.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 22 May 2026

Definition of ejects

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Walker had four explosive rushes in the game, including a 60-yard touchdown.

— Daniel Popper, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Freshman Marshall Faulk of San Diego State rushes for an NCAA record 386 yards and scores seven touchdowns in his second collegiate game.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026