Synonyms for spill
spɪlspill

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1. spillnoun

   liquid that is spilled

   "clean up the spills"

   Synonyms:
   spillage, release, fall, wasteweir, tumble, spillway

2. spillway, spill, wasteweirnoun

   a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

   Synonyms:
   spillage, release, fall, spillway, wasteweir, tumble

3. spill, spillage, releasenoun

   the act of allowing a fluid to escape

   Synonyms:
   dismissal, passing, departure, firing, vent, tumble, button, waiver, spillage, dismission, tone ending, loss, freeing, sack, press release, discharge, liberation, release, handout, exit, sacking, expiration, going, fall, wasteweir, acquittance, spillway, outlet

4. spill, tumble, fallverb

   a sudden drop from an upright position

   "he had a nasty spill on the ice"

   Synonyms:
   gloaming, autumn, declension, declination, tumble, pin, spillage, gloam, drop, downfall, crepuscle, descent, capitulation, release, decline, declivity, downslope, dusk, surrender, evenfall, dip, fall, wasteweir, crepuscule, twilight, free fall, spillway, nightfall

5. spill, slop, splatterverb

   cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

   "spill the milk"; "splatter water"

   Synonyms:
   swash, squelch, pour forth, talk, splatter, swill, disgorge, run out, splosh, spatter, squish, plash, slop, splash, shed, slosh

6. spill, run outverb

   flow, run or fall out and become lost

   "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"

   Synonyms:
   beetle off, conk out, bolt, pour forth, talk, splatter, peter out, run off, disgorge, run down, poop out, run out, drain, fail, bolt out, give out, expire, slop, shed

7. spill, shed, disgorgeverb

   cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

   "spill the beans all over the table"

   Synonyms:
   vomit, talk, splatter, upchuck, barf, cast off, be sick, molt, honk, moult, puke, chuck, pour forth, throw, cast, spue, slop, purge, regorge, slough, vomit up, shake off, throw off, disgorge, throw away, run out, drop, cat, sick, spew, regurgitate, throw up, retch, exuviate, shed

8. spill, shed, pour forthverb

   pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities

   "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"

   Synonyms:
   molt, throw, cast off, pour forth, talk, exuviate, slough, splatter, cast, disgorge, drop, run out, moult, throw away, throw off, shake off, slop, shed

9. spill, talkverb

   reveal information

   "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"

   Synonyms:
   babble, peach, pour forth, talk, tattle, splatter, babble out, disgorge, blab, run out, sing, lecture, spill the beans, speak, verbalize, utter, blab out, verbalise, slop, shed, mouth, let the cat out of the bag

10. spillverb

    reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)

    Synonyms:
    run out, disgorge, splatter, slop, pour forth, talk, shed

Matched Categories

1. • Flow
   • Liquid
   • Move
   • Reduce
   • Sailing
   • Tell

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1. spillverb

   Synonyms:
   shed, effuse, pour out

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1. List of paraphrases for "spill":

   spills, spillage, dumping, discharge, leak, leakage, overflow, spilling

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1. Rachel Beck:

   I ate with a bib on so as not to spill taco meat all over my white dress, so that probably looked even stranger.

2. Hannah Beth Jackson:

   The Refugio Oil Spill has been a dramatic wake-up call, reminding us how destructive and dirty oil can be.

3. Eric Smith:

   Santa Barbara is probably the single worst location on the planet anybody could choose for an oil spill, since the '69 spill, people have just been waiting to pounce on the oil industry. To have the spill here, this company is profoundly unlucky.

4. Vasily Ryabinin:

   It was such an obvious, childish lie, I couldn't wrap my head around it, obviously I thought we must at least investigate the lake but my [ agency ] had a different view, which corresponded with the one of the [ Nornickel ] plant — that the spill did not spread further that the river.

5. Julio Fuentes:

   Since the BP oil spill, there have been over 100 new industry standards put in place.