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

Clogged or Damaged Gutters and Drain Spouts Ice and snow can clog your gutters and drain spouts, causing water to overflow and create damage to your roof, siding, and landscape. —

Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 16 Mar. 2026 Try searching for your own micrometeorites by collecting particulates from roofs or drain spouts. —

Heather Barker, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2026 Jefferson alumni Ed Garza ’86 and David Segura ’67 helped narrow it down to the early-to-mid 1930s, given the presence of three frog water spouts – later long-lost – and the absence of a surrounding fish pond installed a few years later. —

Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2026 The generous co-ed area has an aromatherapy room; infrared saunas; a snow shower, chilled to 14 degrees, that spouts icy flakes; a cold plunge; and a lap-pool-size jacuzzi. —

Roger Kisby, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026 Basement moisture can come from multiple sources, and inspectors often look closely at common entry points like grading, gutters, and down spouts that direct water toward the foundation. —

Allison Palmer updated February 19, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026 Harbor seals and otters bob in the waves, and, a little further offshore, whale spouts rise above the water. —

Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2026 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 And don’t forget spying whale spouts from the coastal cliffs, sans guardrails! —

Crai S Bower, Outside, 18 Dec. 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

Preservationists, the town and the property owner appear to have been at a stalemate since 2018, and walls are now covered in invasive vines, windows are broken out, gutters are dangling and paint has peeled off windowsills.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
Clean gutters regularly so water flows away from your house and doesn’t back up into the soffits and under the roofline.

— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026