Synonyms for effusion
Most common
All synonyms
Noun
1. Gush
gush, outburst, discharge, outpouring, outflow, blowup, effluence, ebullition
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A liquid outpouring.
Related words
- Word family
- effusive
Forms
- Plural
- effusions → gushes, outbursts, discharges, outpourings…
Example sentences
- outburst She always has an emotional outburst when arguing.
- outflow Engineers monitored the outflow from the dam to prevent flooding downstream.
- gush Uri Avnery founded the Gush Shalom movement in 1993.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| effusion | rising | |
| outburst | rising | |
| outflow | falling | |
| gush | rising | |
| outpouring | rising | |
| extravasation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- gush1
- 6 letters
- blowup2
- 7 letters
- outflow2
- 8 letters
- emission3, outburst2
- 9 letters
- discharge2, abundance3, effluence3
- 10 letters
- outpouring3, ebullition
- 13 letters
- extravasation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (blowup2 = 2 syllables).