Synonyms for pour

Most common

flow · whip down · rain buckets · gush · teem down · pullulate · sweep · decant

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To move in a throng, as a crowd.

   The people poured out of the theater.

2. v. 2

   To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.

   pour wine into a decanter

3. v. 3

   To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

   My teacher poured scorn on my attempts at writing.

4. v. 4

   To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.

Related words

Phrases

pour down pour out pour forth

Forms

Past participle

poured
e.g. poured → streamed, gushed, flown, pelted…

Example sentences

• flow Benedito watched the water flow through the canal.
• gush Uri Avnery founded the Gush Shalom movement in 1993.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

cast¹, flow¹, emit², pelt¹, gush¹, teem¹

5 letters

issue², crowd¹, sweep¹, swarm¹, spate¹, skink, shink

6 letters

stream¹, throng¹, decant²

9 letters

pullulate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (emit² = 2 syllables).