Synonyms for spew
Definitions
- v. 1
To eject forcibly and in a stream.
- v. 2
To be forcibly ejected.
Related words
- Word family
- spewer spewy
- Phrases
- spew up spew alert
Forms
- Past participle
- spewed
e.g. spewed → puked, vomited, regurgitated, barfed…
Example sentences
- vomit Sometimes I see blades of grass in my cat's vomit.
- puke If you're going to puke, do it in the tote bag.
- regurgitate Many birds regurgitate food to feed their chicks.
- gush Uri Avnery founded the Gush Shalom movement in 1993.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| spew | rising | |
| vomit | rising | |
| puke | rising | |
| regurgitate | rising | |
| gush | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- cat1
- 4 letters
- sick1, cast1, flow1, toss1, spit1, puke1, honk1, hurl1, gush1, barf1, spue
- 5 letters
- chuck1, purge1, vomit2, eject2, heave1, retch, eruct
- 7 letters
- upchuck, regorge
- 8 letters
- disgorge2, ptyalise
- 11 letters
- regurgitate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vomit2 = 2 syllables).