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Synonyms for spout

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

mouth rant jabber harangue pour out gush lip

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Rant

rant, mouth, speak, harangue, jabber, rave, declaim, mouth off slang, rabbit on slang UK

2. Gush

gush, spurt, pour out, flow, squirt, jet, spirt, issue

Other

hold forth, lip, re-cite

Noun

tap, pawn

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To gush forth in a jet or stream

    Water spouts from a hole.

  2. v. 2

    To eject water or liquid in a jet.

  3. n. 1

    A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.

    I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.

Related words

Word family
spouter
Phrases
spout out

Forms

Plural
spouts → taps, pawns…
Past participle
spouted
e.g. spouted → ranted, mouthed, harangued, jabbered…

Example sentences

  • mouth Grandfather talked to me with a pipe in his mouth.
  • rant It soon became clear the rant was directed at her.
  • jabber He spends all his time chatting online on Jabber.
  • gush Uri Avnery founded the Gush Shalom movement in 1993.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
spoutsteady
mouthrising
rantrising
jabberrising
haranguesteady

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

By length

3 letters
jet1, tap1, lip1
4 letters
flow1, rant1, rave1, pawn1, gush1
5 letters
issue2, speak1, mouth1, spurt1, spirt
6 letters
squirt1, jabber
7 letters
declaim2
8 letters
harangue2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (issue2 = 2 syllables).