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splash

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SPLASH

to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets <rowdy teenagers splashing water at each other in the community pool>

Synonyms dash, slop, slosh, spatter, swash

Related Words dabble, lap, plash, wash; spray, sprinkle, spritz; squirt

to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy <the bus splashed us as it barrelled through the puddles>

Synonyms bespatter, dash, plash, spatter, splatter

Related Words drench, drown, impregnate, saturate, soak, sop, souse, steep; bathe, douse (also dowse), wash, water; slop, slush, spray, sprinkle, squirt

to flow along or against <water constantly splashing the wooden pilings eventually weakened them>

Synonyms bathe, lap, lave, lip, splash

Related Words bubble, gurgle, plash, ripple, slosh

to flow in a broken irregular stream <the spilled juice splashed over the counter and onto the floor>

Synonyms bubble, dribble, guggle, lap, plash, ripple, splash, trickle, wash

Related Words eddy, purl, swirl; swash, swish, swoosh, whish; drip, drop; gush, jet, rush, spew, spout, spurt, squirt

Near Antonyms run

Antonyms pour, roll, stream

to move with a splashing motion <a baby splashing about in the tub>

Synonyms lap, plash, splash, swash

Related Words babble, bubble, gurgle, ripple

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