Synonyms for spill

Most common

pour out · disgorge

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.

   I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.

2. v. 2

   To spread out or fall out, as above.

   Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.

3. n. 1

   Any thing that has been spilled; the resulting mess.

4. n. 2

   A fall or stumble.

   The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.

Related words

Word family

spillage spiller spillproof spillway spilth

Phrases

spill the beans spill over spill one's guts spill the tea spill out spill blood spill juice

Forms

Plural

spills → spillages, releases, falls, tumbles…

Past participle

spilt
e.g. spilt → slopped, splattered, shedded, talked…

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

talk¹, fall¹, sing¹, shed¹, slop¹, blab¹

5 letters

peach¹, taper²

6 letters

tumble², sliver², babble², tattle²

7 letters

release²

8 letters

splinter², splatter², spillway², spillage², disgorge²

9 letters

wasteweir

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (taper² = 2 syllables).

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