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

Reattach & Run Water 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, 21 Sep. 2026

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

Verb

Enceladus is Saturn's sixth largest moon with a diameter equal to roughly the width of Arizona, and it's thought to have a massive subsurface ocean that spouts plumes of water out into space. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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