Synonyms for trickle

Most common

drip · drop · percolate · dribble

All synonyms

Noun

Antonyms

gush, torrent, barrage

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   A very thin river.

   The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.

Related words

Word family

trickler

Forms

Plural

trickles → drips, drops, percolates, dribbles…

Example sentences

• drip When I exercise in mid-summer, I drip with sweat.
• ooze After a while, passion and infatuation ooze away.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

drop¹, drip¹, ooze¹

7 letters

dribble²

9 letters

percolate³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dribble² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

pissette