trickle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of TRICKLE

to fall or let fall in or as if in drops <trickled a little honey into her tea>

Synonyms distill (also distil), dribble, drop, trickle

Related Words drizzle, sprinkle; flow, pour, roll, run, stream; cascade, gutter, riffle, ripple; bleed, exude, ooze, seep, weep; discharge

Near Antonyms gush, spout, spurt

to flow in a broken irregular stream <the brook trickled along the glade>

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

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